steil
\ʃtaɪ̯l\
The verdict
“steil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raide, escarpé, abrupt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-steil · steil · French
steil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | steil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃtaɪ̯l\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « steil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
steil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃtaɪ̯l\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raide, escarpé, abrupt.".
steil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is steil, spelled S-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Raide, escarpé, abrupt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how steil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du musst die Leiter richtig anstellen: steht sie zu steil, dann kann sie umkippen, steht sie zu flach, kann sie wegrutschen.
Der Weg schlängelte sich einen steilen Hügel hinauf. Es ging äußerst langsam und mühselig voran, nicht schneller als fünf Stundenkilometer, ockerfarbene Staubwolken umwirbelten uns.
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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.