Stupa

/[ˈʃtuːpa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#82,186

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Stupa is aGermannoun. It means: ein runder, massiver, ursprünglich hügelartiger, buddhistischer oder jainistischer Sakralbau, der als Symbol für den heiligen Weltenberg Meru, dem Sitz der Götter, dient Pronounced [ˈʃtuːpa].

Key facts for Stupa
PropertyValue
HeadwordStupa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtuːpa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Stupa in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stupa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtuːpa]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,186 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein runder, massiver, ursprünglich hügelartiger, buddhistischer oder jainistischer Sakralbau, der als Symbol für den heiligen Weltenberg Meru, dem Sitz der Götter, dient".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Stupa in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Stupa, spelled S-T-U-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein runder, massiver, ursprünglich hügelartiger, buddhistischer oder jainistischer Sakralbau, der als Symbol für den heiligen Weltenberg Meru, dem Sitz der Götter, dient

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #82,186 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stupa"?
"Stupa" is spelled S-T-U-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtuːpa].
What does "Stupa" mean?
As a noun, "Stupa" means: ein runder, massiver, ursprünglich hügelartiger, buddhistischer oder jainistischer Sakralbau, der als Symbol für den heiligen Weltenberg Meru, dem Sitz der Götter, dient
How do you pronounce "Stupa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stupa" is [ˈʃtuːpa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stupa" come from?
"Stupa" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.