stöhnt
[ʃtøːnt]
The verdict
“stöhnt” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,233
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stöhnen
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 | stöhnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃtøːnt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stöhnt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around stöhnt (IPA [ʃtøːnt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,233 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for stöhnt, with forms such as "sstöhnt", "sthönt", and "sttöhnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "stört", "stone", "Stunt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is stöhnt, spelled S-T-Ö-H-N-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stöhnen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stöhnen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stöhnen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sstöhnt
- sthönt
- sttöhnt
- stöhhnt
- stöhnnt
- stöhntt
- stöhtn
- stönht
- söthnt
- tsöhnt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stöhnt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Using “stöhnt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-Ö-H-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃtøːnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “stört” - see the side-by-side comparison. stöhnt vs stört
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.