stork

[sd̥ɒːɡ̊]

/[sd̥ɒːɡ̊]/ noun

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The verdict

“stork” is uncommon German (frequency #77,377 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,377
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Storch (Ciconia)

Corpus desk

Index DE-stork · stork · German

stork · rank #77,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,377
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Storck

Nearest frequency peer: Storck (-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 „stork“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stork
PropertyValue
Headwordstork
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sd̥ɒːɡ̊]
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stork“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).storkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Storck“ (#77,376), „strafrechtlicher“ (#77,378), „Stoa“ (#77,375). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stork“ bei #77,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stork is uncommon German at frequency #77,377 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sd̥ɒːɡ̊]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Storch (Ciconia)".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stork, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is stork, spelled S-T-O-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Storch (Ciconia)

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 "stork"?
"stork" is spelled S-T-O-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [sd̥ɒːɡ̊].
What does "stork" mean?
As a noun, "stork" means: Storch (Ciconia)
How do you pronounce "stork"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stork" is [sd̥ɒːɡ̊]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stork" come from?
"stork" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

StVZO#77,382Sülze#77,394tells#77,409Terri#77,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list