Stunde
[ˈʃtʊndə]
The verdict
“Stunde” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #724 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #724
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages
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 | Stunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʊndə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stunde” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Stunde is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtʊndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #724 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stunde, with forms such as "sstunde", "stnude", and "sttunde". 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, "Sünde", "Stute", "Stunt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Stunde, spelled S-T-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages
- 2Zeitpunkt, (ungenauer als unter ^([1]) gefasste) Zeitspanne: Augenblick, Moment
- 3wiederkehrender oder besonderer Termin, zum Beispiel Unterrichtsstunden oder Aktuelle Stunden
- 4eine Unterrichtseinheit (in Deutschland zu meist 45 Minuten, in Österreich 50 Minuten)
- 5Winkel von 15°
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sstunde,stnude,sttunde,studne,stundde,stuned,stunnde,sutnde,tsunde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stunde - 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 “Stunde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-U-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtʊndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Sünde” - see the side-by-side comparison. Stunde vs Sünde
- 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.