stufenlos
[ˈʃtuːfn̩loːs]
The verdict
“stufenlos” is uncommon German (frequency #79,790 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,790
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne Stufen, keine Stufen aufweisend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stufenlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtuːfn̩loːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stufenlos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stufenlos is uncommon German at frequency #79,790 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtuːfn̩loːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Stufen, keine Stufen aufweisend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stufenlos, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is stufenlos, spelled S-T-U-F-E-N-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Stufen, keine Stufen aufweisend
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 “stufenlos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-U-F-E-N-L-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtuːfn̩loːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.