stechen
\ˈʃtɛçn̩\
The verdict
“stechen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stechen · stechen · French
stechen · 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
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 | stechen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃtɛçn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stechen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stechen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃtɛçn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for stechen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is stechen, spelled S-T-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Piquer.
- 2Couper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Wespe hat Detlef in den Fuß gestochen. Der Fuß ist so stark geschwollen, dass Detlef keinen Schuh anziehen kann.
Den König kann mann nur mit einem Ass derselben Farbe oder mit einer Trumpfkarte stechen.
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.