Stützung

[ˈʃtʏt͡sʊŋ]

/[ˈʃtʏt͡sʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Stützung” is uncommon German (frequency #61,971 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,971
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hilfe oder Sicherung

Corpus desk

Index DE-stutzung · Stützung · German

Stützung · rank #61,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,971
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stufte

Nearest frequency peer: stufte (-2 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 „Stützung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stützung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stützung
PropertyValue
HeadwordStützung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʏt͡sʊŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,971
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stützung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Stützungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stufte“ (#61,969), „superreiche“ (#61,973), „Studienanfänger“ (#61,968). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stützung“ bei #61,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stützung is uncommon German at frequency #61,971 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʏt͡sʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hilfe oder Sicherung".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Stützung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stützung, spelled S-T-Ü-T-Z-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilfe oder Sicherung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Stützung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Vordergrund stehen Maßnahmen zur Stützung der Landwirtschaft.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stützung"?
"Stützung" is spelled S-T-Ü-T-Z-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʏt͡sʊŋ].
What does "Stützung" mean?
As a noun, "Stützung" means: Hilfe oder Sicherung
How do you pronounce "Stützung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stützung" is [ˈʃtʏt͡sʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stützung" come from?
"Stützung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stützung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strenges#61,965strebten#61,962Stirling#61,959Spätwerk#61,946

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list