Stockfisch
[ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ]
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
- stilisieren
stilisieren
15,379 corpus weight
- stinkend
stinkend
15,378 corpus weight
- Stockbrot
Stockbrot
15,377 corpus weight
- Stockfisch
Stockfisch
15,376 corpus weight
- storms
storms
15,374 corpus weight
- Storyboard
Storyboard
15,373 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stockfisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stockfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔkˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stockfisch“ im Deutschen
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
- 1durch Trocknung haltbar gemachter Fisch, meist Kabeljau/Dorsch (gesalzen und getrocknet: Klippfisch)
- 2wortkarger, langweiliger Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stockfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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).“
„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.“
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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.
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