stout

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The verdict

“stout” is uncommon German (frequency #89,625 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,625
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stout, ein schwarzbraunes, bitteres Hopfenbier

Corpus desk

Index DE-stout · stout · German

stout · rank #89,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,625
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Storno

Nearest frequency peer: Storno (-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 „stout“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stout
PropertyValue
Headwordstout
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stout“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stoutfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Storno“ (#89,624), „Strafzahlung“ (#89,626), „Stolpersteinen“ (#89,623). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stout“ bei #89,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stout is uncommon German at frequency #89,625 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stout, ein schwarzbraunes, bitteres Hopfenbier".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stout, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is stout, spelled S-T-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stout, ein schwarzbraunes, bitteres Hopfenbier

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I´d like a stout, please

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 "stout"?
"stout" is spelled S-T-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "stout" mean?
As a noun, "stout" means: Stout, ein schwarzbraunes, bitteres Hopfenbier
How do you pronounce "stout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stout" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stout" come from?
"stout" 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 "stout", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

sucks#89,634stang#89,611Späti#89,603taras#89,649

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list