Stock

/[ʃtɔk]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,686

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Stock is aGermannoun. It means: länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand, meist aus Holz Pronounced [ʃtɔk]. It ranks #3,686 in German word frequency. Often confused with stop and Stück.

Key facts for Stock
PropertyValue
HeadwordStock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtɔk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,686
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Stock in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stock is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtɔk]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,686 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Stock, with forms such as "sotck", "sstock", and "stcok". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stop", "Stück", "stolz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Stock, spelled S-T-O-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand, meist aus Holz
  2. 2
    oberirdischer Trieb einer Pflanze
  3. 3
    Vorrat, zum Beispiel an Waren; Talon
  4. 4
    umfangreiche, unregelmäßig geformte Gesteinsmasse
  5. 5
    Stockwerk
  6. 6
    kegelförmiges Wurfgerät für das Spiel auf Eis oder Asphalt
  7. 7
    Wurzelstock

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sotck,sstock,stcok,stocck,stockk,stokc,sttock,tsock

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Stock

Misspelling Variants of "Stock"

sotck5sstock6stcok5stocck6stockk6stokc5sttock6tsock5
Misspelling Variants of "Stock"

Frequency rank: #3,686 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stock"?
"Stock" is spelled S-T-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtɔk].
What does "Stock" mean?
As a noun, "Stock" means: länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand, meist aus Holz
What words are commonly confused with "Stock"?
"Stock" is commonly confused with "stop", "Stück", "stolz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stock" is [ʃtɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stock" come from?
"Stock" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.