stylish

[ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]

/[ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“stylish” is an uncommon German word, ranked #93,672 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#93,672
frequency rank, German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - stilvoll; cool; besonders gut

Key facts for stylish
PropertyValue
Headwordstylish
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “stylish” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). stylish lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stylish is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,672 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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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Using “stylish”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-Y-L-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈstaɪ̯lɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list