stolz

[ʃtɔlt͡s]

/[ʃtɔlt͡s]/ adj

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The verdict

“stolz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,141
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seiner Fähigkeiten und Leistungen bewusst und erfreut darüber, im Selbstgefühl gestärkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-stolz · stolz · German

stolz · rank #1,141 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,141
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verfahren

Nearest frequency peer: Verfahren (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „stolz“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „stolz“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stolz vs stop
60% similar
stolz vs Sulz
40% similar
stolz vs story
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stolz
PropertyValue
Headwordstolz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃtɔlt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,141
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stolz“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stolzliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Verfahren“ (#1,142), „nennt“ (#1,139), „verkauft“ (#1,143). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stolz“ bei #1,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stolz (IPA [ʃtɔlt͡s]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,141 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stolz, with forms such as "sotlz", "sstolz", and "stloz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stop", "Sulz", "story", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is stolz, spelled S-T-O-L-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    seiner Fähigkeiten und Leistungen bewusst und erfreut darüber, im Selbstgefühl gestärkt
  2. 2
    eingebildet, hochnäsig, viel Selbstbewusstsein besitzend, auf hohem Ross
  3. 3
    erhebend, eindrucksvoll, außergewöhnlich
  4. 4
    groß, mächtig, beeindruckend
  5. 5
    sehr hoch
  6. 6
    spröde, unnahbar, zurückhaltend
  7. 7
    unartig, frech, ungehorsam

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ausgerechnet Neuseeland, dessen Einwohner sich nach einem flugunfähigen Vogel stolz Kiwis nennen, hat sich diesem ungewöhnlichen Flugsport verschrieben.“
  2. Die bestandene Prüfung machte ihn sehr stolz.

Synonyms

erfolgssicherselbstbewusstselbstsichersiegessicherhehranmaßendarrogantaufgeblasendünkelhafteingebildetherablassendhochmütighochnäsigichbewusstselbstgefälligselbstüberzogenwichtigtuerischüberheblich

Antonyms

bescheidenschämendgünstig

This word in other languages

proud(English)orgulloso(Español)fier(Français)orgulhoso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sotlz
  • sstolz
  • stloz
  • stollz
  • stolzz
  • stozl
  • sttolz
  • tsolz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stolz - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sotlz2sstolz1stloz2stollz1stolzz1stozl2sttolz1tsolz2
Edit distance from "stolz"

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 "stolz"?
"stolz" is spelled S-T-O-L-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtɔlt͡s].
What does "stolz" mean?
As an adjective, "stolz" means: seiner Fähigkeiten und Leistungen bewusst und erfreut darüber, im Selbstgefühl gestärkt
What words are commonly confused with "stolz"?
"stolz" is commonly confused with "stop", "Sulz", "story". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stolz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stolz" is [ʃtɔlt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stolz" come from?
"stolz" 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 "stolz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nennt#1,139Sinne#1,122Jungs#1,161meint#1,164

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

meines8 variantsFreude8 variantslieben8 variantsmeinte8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list