Stuhl
[ʃtuːl]
The verdict
“Stuhl” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,162
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - (Sitz-)Möbel, meist mit vier hohen Beinen, Rückenlehne und eventuell Armlehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stuhl · Stuhl · German
Stuhl · rank #4,162 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,162
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Streifen
Nearest frequency peer: Streifen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Stuhl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- senden
senden
95,842 corpus weight
- speziellen
speziellen
95,841 corpus weight
- Streifen
Streifen
95,840 corpus weight
- Stuhl
Stuhl
95,839 corpus weight
- Talent
Talent
95,838 corpus weight
- Tickets
Tickets
95,837 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Stuhl” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Stuhl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtuːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stuhl” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Stuhl (IPA [ʃtuːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,162 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stuhl, with forms such as "sstuhl", "sthul", and "sttuhl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stur", "Suhl", "Sturm", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Stuhl, spelled S-T-U-H-L.
Definition
- 1(Sitz-)Möbel, meist mit vier hohen Beinen, Rückenlehne und eventuell Armlehnen
- 2Gerüst oder Gestell, meist ortsfest (im Gegensatz zu Möbeln), meist aus Holz
- 3Kot (feste Exkremente)
- 4Begriff für ein Amt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stuhl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf diesem Stuhl kann man bequem sitzen.
„Aufgrund der Nummernangabe wußte sie, wie viele Stühle sie noch hinstellen und wieviel Kaffeewasser sie aufsetzen mußte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sstuhl
- sthul
- sttuhl
- stuhhl
- stuhll
- stulh
- suthl
- tsuhl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stuhl - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stuhl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.