stollen
/ˈstɒlən/
"stollen" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stollen” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stollen · stollen · English
stollen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stollen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɒlən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stollen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stollen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɒlən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.".
stollen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull. The correct English form is stollen, spelled S-T-O-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.