Stylus

[ˈʃtyːlʊs]

/[ˈʃtyːlʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Stylus” is uncommon German (frequency #78,605 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,605
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der verlängerte Teil eines Ovariums in der Blüte, der die Narbe trägt.

Corpus desk

Index DE-stylus · Stylus · German

Stylus · rank #78,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,605
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stupide

Nearest frequency peer: stupide (-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 „Stylus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stylus
PropertyValue
HeadwordStylus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtyːlʊs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,605
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stylus“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Stylusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stupide“ (#78,604), „stämmige“ (#78,606), „Studienreisen“ (#78,603). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stylus“ bei #78,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stylus is uncommon German at frequency #78,605 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtyːlʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Stylus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stylus, spelled S-T-Y-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    der verlängerte Teil eines Ovariums in der Blüte, der die Narbe trägt.
  2. 2
    griffelförmiges Rudiment am Hinterleib von Insekten
  3. 3
    Endteil einer Geißel bzw. eines Flagellums bei Antennen bestimmter Insekten

Synonyms

Griffel

This word in other languages

style(English)style(Français)

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 "Stylus"?
"Stylus" is spelled S-T-Y-L-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtyːlʊs].
What does "Stylus" mean?
As a noun, "Stylus" means: der verlängerte Teil eines Ovariums in der Blüte, der die Narbe trägt.
How do you pronounce "Stylus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stylus" is [ˈʃtyːlʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stylus" come from?
"Stylus" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tongue#78,639sechst#78,533Visser#78,716ruhend#78,482

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list