stöbern
[ˈʃtøːbɐn]
The verdict
“stöbern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,327. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,327
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas ausdauernd durchsuchen, in etwas herumwühlen und dabei eine Unordnung machen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stöbern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtøːbɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stöbern” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around stöbern (IPA [ˈʃtøːbɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,327 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stöbern, with forms such as "sstöbern", "stböern", and "sttöbern". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "stören", "Stuben", "Stoiber", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stöbern, spelled S-T-Ö-B-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas ausdauernd durchsuchen, in etwas herumwühlen und dabei eine Unordnung machen
- 2schneien, Schnee treiben
- 3wirbelnd herumwehen
- 4gründlich Ordnung machen, aufräumen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sstöbern,stböern,sttöbern,stöbbern,stöbenr,stöbernn,stöberrn,stöbren,stöebrn,sötbern,tsöbern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stöbern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Using “stöbern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-Ö-B-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtøːbɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “stören” - see the side-by-side comparison. stöbern vs stören
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.