Stein
\ʃtajn\
The verdict
“Stein” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #24,781 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #24,781
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville et commune d’Allemagne, située en Bavière.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃtajn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stein” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Stein is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃtajn\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,781 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stein, with forms such as "setin", "sstein", and "steinn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "step", "Sven", "STIB", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Stein, spelled S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Ville et commune d’Allemagne, située en Bavière.
- 2Commune d’Allemagne, située dans le Schleswig-Holstein.
- 3Commune du canton d’Argovie en Suisse.
- 4Commune du canton d’Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures en Suisse.
- 5Hameau de Issime.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: setin,sstein,steinn,steni,stien,sttein,tsein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stein - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Stein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃtajn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “step” - see the side-by-side comparison. Stein vs step
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.