stressen
[ˈʃtʁɛsn̩]
The verdict
“stressen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,850
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter Druck setzen; jemanden psychisch belasten; Stress auslösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stressen · stressen · German
stressen · rank #42,850 · 12 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,850
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Strafprozess
Nearest frequency peer: Strafprozess (-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 „stressen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- stiftete
stiftete
57,154 corpus weight
- stillgelegt…
stillgelegten
57,153 corpus weight
- Strafprozess
Strafprozess
57,152 corpus weight
- stressen
stressen
57,151 corpus weight
- Streu
Streu
57,150 corpus weight
- Striptease
Striptease
57,149 corpus weight
What this shows „stressen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | stressen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɛsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stressen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around stressen (IPA [ˈʃtʁɛsn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,850 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unter Druck setzen; jemanden psychisch belasten; Stress auslösen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for stressen, with forms such as "srtessen", "sstressen", and "sterssen". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "streuen", "stresst", "stressig", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stressen, spelled S-T-R-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1unter Druck setzen; jemanden psychisch belasten; Stress auslösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stressen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn einen der Job stresst, kann sich das auf die Gesundheit auswirken.
Seine Freundin hat ihn wieder gestresst.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtessen
- sstressen
- sterssen
- stresen
- stresesn
- stressenn
- stressne
- streßen
- strressen
- strsesen
- sttressen
- tsressen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stressen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stressen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).