Stück
[ʃtʏk]
The verdict
“Stück” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #711 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #711
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil eines Ganzen
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 | Stück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʏk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stück” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Stück is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtʏk]. Corpus data places it at rank #711 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stück, with forms such as "sstück", "stcük", and "sttück". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "such", "stur", "Sturm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stück, spelled S-T-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1Teil eines Ganzen
- 2eine einzelne, oft kostbare Sache von Dingen gleicher Art und Beschaffenheit
- 3allgemeiner Zahlklassifikator für Dinge, Pflanzen, Tiere
- 4Werk der darstellenden Kunst (zum Beispiel Drama, Oper)
- 5oft kurze musikalische Komposition
- 6aufsehenerregende Tat oder Begebenheit
- 7eine als schlecht angesehene Person
- 8unbestimmte Bezeichnung für Strecke, Entfernung oder Ausmaß
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sstück,stcük,sttück,stücck,stückk,stükc,sütck,tsück
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stück - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Stück”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-Ü-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃtʏk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “such” - see the side-by-side comparison. Stück vs such
- 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.