Stirling

[ˈstøːɐ̯lɪŋ]

/[ˈstøːɐ̯lɪŋ]/ name

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The verdict

“Stirling” is uncommon German (frequency #61,959 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,959
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Schottland

Corpus desk

Index DE-stirling · Stirling · German

Stirling · rank #61,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,959
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stinke

Nearest frequency peer: stinke (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Stirling“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stirling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stirling
PropertyValue
HeadwordStirling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈstøːɐ̯lɪŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stirling“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Stirlingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stinke“ (#61,958), „stiefmütterlich“ (#61,957), „Strampler“ (#61,961). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stirling“ bei #61,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stirling is uncommon German at frequency #61,959 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈstøːɐ̯lɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Schottland".

Stirling has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stirling, spelled S-T-I-R-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Schottland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Stirling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „›Kam Ronnie eigentlich aus Edinburgh?‹ ›Aus Stirling.‹“

This word in other languages

Stirling(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stirling"?
"Stirling" is spelled S-T-I-R-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈstøːɐ̯lɪŋ].
What does "Stirling" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stirling" means: Stadt in Schottland
How do you pronounce "Stirling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stirling" is [ˈstøːɐ̯lɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stirling" come from?
"Stirling" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stirling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strebten#61,962strenges#61,965Stützung#61,971Spätwerk#61,946

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list