stopft
[ʃtɔp͡ft]
The verdict
“stopft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #41,480 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #41,480
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stopfen
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 | stopft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃtɔp͡ft] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stopft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for stopft is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtɔp͡ft]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,480 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for stopft, with forms such as "sotpft", "sstopft", and "stofpt". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "stört", "Stopp", "stuft", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stopft, spelled S-T-O-P-F-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stopfen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stopfen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stopfen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sotpft,sstopft,stofpt,stopfft,stopftt,stoppft,stoptf,stpoft,sttopft,tsopft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stopft - 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.
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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Using “stopft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-O-P-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃtɔp͡ft] (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. stopft vs stört
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.