Stockholm
[ˈʃtɔkhɔlm]
The verdict
“Stockholm” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,631
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Stadt in Schweden, und zugleich Hauptstadt von Schweden
Corpus desk
Index DE-stockholm · Stockholm · German
Stockholm · rank #8,631 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,631
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Steffen
Nearest frequency peer: Steffen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Stockholm”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sowjetischen
sowjetischen
91,373 corpus weight
- Soziologie
Soziologie
91,372 corpus weight
- Steffen
Steffen
91,371 corpus weight
- Stockholm
Stockholm
91,370 corpus weight
- Strahlen
Strahlen
91,369 corpus weight
- Substanzen
Substanzen
91,367 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Stockholm” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Stockholm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔkhɔlm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stockholm” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Stockholm (IPA [ˈʃtɔkhɔlm]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,631 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Schweden, und zugleich Hauptstadt von Schweden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stockholm, with forms such as "sotckholm", "sstockholm", and "stcokholm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Stockholmer", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stockholm, spelled S-T-O-C-K-H-O-L-M.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Schweden, und zugleich Hauptstadt von Schweden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stockholm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stockholm liegt unweit der Ostsee.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sotckholm
- sstockholm
- stcokholm
- stocckholm
- stochkolm
- stockhholm
- stockhlom
- stockhollm
- stockholmm
- stockhoml
- stockkholm
- stockohlm
- stokcholm
- sttockholm
- tsockholm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stockholm - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stockholm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Stockholm". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Stockholmer". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,631 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.