Stockton

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The verdict

“Stockton” is uncommon German (frequency #60,112 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,112
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt in Kalifornien, USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-stockton · Stockton · German

Stockton · rank #60,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,112
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stimmbänder

Nearest frequency peer: Stimmbänder (-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 „Stockton“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stockton
PropertyValue
HeadwordStockton
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stockton“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Stocktonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stimmbänder“ (#60,111), „Stoppuhr“ (#60,113), „stillt“ (#60,110). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stockton“ bei #60,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stockton is uncommon German at frequency #60,112 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Stockton doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stockton, spelled S-T-O-C-K-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Großstadt in Kalifornien, USA
  2. 2
    Name verschiedener Orte

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 "Stockton"?
"Stockton" is spelled S-T-O-C-K-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Stockton" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stockton" means: Großstadt in Kalifornien, USA
How do you pronounce "Stockton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stockton" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stoppuhr#60,113sterilen#60,105Stadttor#60,101Stadtbus#60,100

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list