Stockfisch

[ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ]

/[ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ]/ noun

The verdict

“Stockfisch” is uncommon German (frequency #84,625 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,625
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Trocknung haltbar gemachter Fisch, meist Kabeljau/Dorsch (gesalzen und getrocknet: Klippfisch)

Corpus desk

Index DE-stockfisch · Stockfisch · German

Stockfisch · rank #84,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,625
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stockbrot

Nearest frequency peer: Stockbrot (-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 „Stockfisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stockfisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordStockfisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stockfisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Stockfischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stockbrot“ (#84,624), „stinkend“ (#84,623), „storms“ (#84,627). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stockfisch“ bei #84,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stockfisch is uncommon German at frequency #84,625 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stockfisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Stockfisch, spelled S-T-O-C-K-F-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Trocknung haltbar gemachter Fisch, meist Kabeljau/Dorsch (gesalzen und getrocknet: Klippfisch)
  2. 2
    wortkarger, langweiliger Mensch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es werden hauptsächlich zwei Sorten an Trockenfisch unterschieden: Stockfisch und Klippfisch. Stockfisch sind geköpfte, ungesalzene, paarweise an den Schwänzen zusammengebundene und auf Holzgestellen zum Trocknen aufgehängte Magerfische (z. B. Kabeljau und Seelachs).“
  2. „Hering und Stockfisch waren neben Einbecker Bier, Schollen und Bückling die einzigen Nahrungsmittelexporte des hansischen Raums, die in Süddeutschland größeren Absatz fanden und so zur wirtschaftlichen Verflechtung der beiden Räume beitrugen.“

Antonyms

Frischfisch

This word in other languages

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 "Stockfisch"?
"Stockfisch" is spelled S-T-O-C-K-F-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ].
What does "Stockfisch" mean?
As a noun, "Stockfisch" means: durch Trocknung haltbar gemachter Fisch, meist Kabeljau/Dorsch (gesalzen und getrocknet: Klippfisch)
How do you pronounce "Stockfisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stockfisch" is [ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stockfisch" come from?
"Stockfisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list