Student

[ʃtuˈdɛnt]

/[ʃtuˈdɛnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Student” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,540
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die an einer Universität oder Fachhochschule studiert

Corpus desk

Index DE-student · Student · German

Student · rank #5,540 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,540
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH startete

Nearest frequency peer: startete (-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 „Student“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Student“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Student vs Süden
57% similar
Student vs Stunt
71% similar
Student vs Stufen
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Student
PropertyValue
HeadwordStudent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtuˈdɛnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,540
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Student“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Studentliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „startete“ (#5,539), „südlich“ (#5,541), „Spielzeug“ (#5,538). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Student“ bei #5,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Student (IPA [ʃtuˈdɛnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,540 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die an einer Universität oder Fachhochschule studiert".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Student, with forms such as "sstudent", "stduent", and "sttudent". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Süden", "Stunt", "Stufen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Student, spelled S-T-U-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die an einer Universität oder Fachhochschule studiert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sind Sie Student dieser Universität?
  2. „Es war normal, dass ich mich ihnen anschloss, da wir keinen Zugang zu den reichen Studenten hatten, der Mehrzahl unserer Kommilitonen.“

Synonyms

HochschülerStudiStudikerStudiosus

Antonyms

Dozent

This word in other languages

student(English)estudiante(Español)étudiant(Français)estudante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstudent
  • stduent
  • sttudent
  • studdent
  • studennt
  • studentt
  • studetn
  • studnet
  • stuednt
  • sutdent
  • tsudent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Student - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sstudent1stduent2sttudent1studdent1studennt1studentt1studetn2studnet2
Edit distance from "Student"

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 "Student"?
"Student" is spelled S-T-U-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtuˈdɛnt].
What does "Student" mean?
As a noun, "Student" means: Person, die an einer Universität oder Fachhochschule studiert
What words are commonly confused with "Student"?
"Student" is commonly confused with "Süden", "Stunt", "Stufen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Student"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Student" is [ʃtuˈdɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Student" come from?
"Student" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

südlich#5,541science#5,532schläft#5,531Warnung#5,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

schieben11 variantsschaffte11 variantswundern11 variantsPflanze11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list