Stützpfeiler
[ˈʃtʏt͡sˌp͡faɪ̯lɐ]
The verdict
“Stützpfeiler” is uncommon German (frequency #89,633 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,633
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Säule, die etwas (wie etwa ein Gebäude, eine Brücke) stützt, trägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-stutzpfeiler · Stützpfeiler · German
Stützpfeiler · rank #89,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,633
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sucks
Nearest frequency peer: sucks (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Stützpfeiler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- streute
streute
10,372 corpus weight
- Stühlingen
Stühlingen
10,370 corpus weight
- Stützpfeiler
Stützpfeiler
10,368 corpus weight
- sucks
sucks
10,367 corpus weight
- Sufismus
Sufismus
10,366 corpus weight
- Superfood
Superfood
10,365 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stützpfeiler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stützpfeiler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʏt͡sˌp͡faɪ̯lɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stützpfeiler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stützpfeiler is uncommon German at frequency #89,633 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʏt͡sˌp͡faɪ̯lɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Stützpfeiler in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stützpfeiler, spelled S-T-Ü-T-Z-P-F-E-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Säule, die etwas (wie etwa ein Gebäude, eine Brücke) stützt, trägt
- 2wichtige Grundlage, Basis von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stützpfeiler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Stützpfeiler war gebrochen, die Plattform hatte daraufhin Schlagseite bekommen.“
„Am Tag zuvor hatte in der Nähe der sibirischen Stadt Norilsk der Stützpfeiler unter dem Lagertank eines firmeneigenen Heizkraftwerks nachgegeben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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