stoppen

/[ˈʃtɔpn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,999

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

stoppen is aGermanverb. It means: zum Stehen bringen oder zum Stehen gebracht werden Pronounced [ˈʃtɔpn̩]. It ranks #3,999 in German word frequency. Often confused with stören and stoppt.

Key facts for stoppen
PropertyValue
Headwordstoppen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɔpn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,999
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of stoppen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stoppen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɔpn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,999 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for stoppen, with forms such as "sotppen", "sstoppen", and "stopen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "stören", "stoppt", "Suppen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is stoppen, spelled S-T-O-P-P-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Stehen bringen oder zum Stehen gebracht werden
  2. 2
    aufhören etwas zu tun oder dazu gebracht werden, mit etwas aufzuhören
  3. 3
    mit einer Stoppuhr die genaue Zeit nehmen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sotppen,sstoppen,stopen,stopepn,stoppenn,stoppne,stpopen,sttoppen,tsoppen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for stoppen

Misspelling Variants of "stoppen"

sotppen7sstoppen8stopen6stopepn7stoppenn8stoppne7stpopen7sttoppen8
Misspelling Variants of "stoppen"

Frequency rank: #3,999 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stoppen"?
"stoppen" is spelled S-T-O-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɔpn̩].
What does "stoppen" mean?
As a verb, "stoppen" means: zum Stehen bringen oder zum Stehen gebracht werden
What words are commonly confused with "stoppen"?
"stoppen" is commonly confused with "stören", "stoppt", "Suppen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stoppen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stoppen" is [ˈʃtɔpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stoppen" come from?
"stoppen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.