stylen
[ˈstaɪ̯lən]
The verdict
“stylen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,242 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,242
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich schick machen; sich schön anziehen und schön machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stylen · stylen · German
stylen · rank #76,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,242
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stromleitung
Nearest frequency peer: Stromleitung (-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 „stylen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Streitfrage
Streitfrage
23,763 corpus weight
- stromaufwär…
stromaufwärts
23,762 corpus weight
- Stromleitung
Stromleitung
23,761 corpus weight
- stylen
stylen
23,759 corpus weight
- stöber
stöber
23,757 corpus weight
- störst
störst
23,756 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stylen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stylen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈstaɪ̯lən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stylen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stylen is uncommon German at frequency #76,242 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈstaɪ̯lən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich schick machen; sich schön anziehen und schön machen".
stylen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is stylen, spelled S-T-Y-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich schick machen; sich schön anziehen und schön machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stylen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bevor die Mädchen in die Disko gehen, stylen sie sich stundenlang im Bad und blockieren es so für alle anderen.
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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