stylish

[ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]

/[ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“stylish” is uncommon German (frequency #93,672 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,672
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stilvoll; cool; besonders gut

Corpus desk

Index DE-stylish · stylish · German

stylish · rank #93,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,672
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sturen

Nearest frequency peer: sturen (-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 „stylish“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stylish
PropertyValue
Headwordstylish
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stylish“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sturen“ (#93,671), „städtischem“ (#93,674), „Stromnetzes“ (#93,669). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stylish“ bei #93,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stylish is uncommon German at frequency #93,672 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stilvoll; cool; besonders gut".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stylish, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stylish, spelled S-T-Y-L-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    stilvoll; cool; besonders gut

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Man empfiehlt mir zum Essen die Gegend um die Kreuzkirche, wo ich in einem sehr stylishen Lokal voller schöner Dresdnerinnen Platz nehme.“

This word in other languages

stylish(English)

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 "stylish"?
"stylish" is spelled S-T-Y-L-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ].
What does "stylish" mean?
As an adjective, "stylish" means: stilvoll; cool; besonders gut
How do you pronounce "stylish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stylish" is [ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stylish" come from?
"stylish" 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 "stylish", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stolper#93,662Synapse#93,683Stimuli#93,660stellar#93,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list