Stamm
\ʃtam\
The verdict
“Stamm” is uncommon French (frequency #72,759 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,759
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tronc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stamm · Stamm · French
Stamm · rank #72,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,759
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stalle
Nearest frequency peer: stalle (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Stamm »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- splinter
splinter
27,245 corpus weight
- staal
staal
27,244 corpus weight
- stalle
stalle
27,243 corpus weight
- Stamm
Stamm
27,242 corpus weight
- stipe
stipe
27,240 corpus weight
- stipulées
stipulées
27,239 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Stamm » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stamm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃtam\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Stamm » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Stamm is uncommon French at frequency #72,759 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃtam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Stamm in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Stamm, spelled S-T-A-M-M.
Definition
- 1Tronc.
- 2Radical.
- 3Famille, groupe, tribu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stamm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Überall sahen sie Krokodile: Die Tiere schwammen im Wasser wie Baumstämme, dösten am Ufer und rissen die Mäuler auf, über ihre Rücken trippelten kleine Reiher. (...) Lianen berührten die Wasserfläche, Stämme neigten sich über den Fluß.
Zwischen Dörfern, Stämmen, Nationen, Klassen gibt es Kriege, Potlatchs, Handelsbeziehungen, Verträge und Fehden, die der Idee des Anderen ihren absoluten Sinn nehmen und ihre Relativität offenbaren; Individuen und Gruppen sind wohl oder übel gezwungen, die Wechselseitigkeit ihrer Beziehung anzuerkennen.
Synonyms
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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