Steinmetz
\ˈʃtaɪ̯nmɛʦ\
The verdict
“Steinmetz” is uncommon French (frequency #75,256 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,256
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tailleur de pierre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-steinmetz · Steinmetz · French
Steinmetz · rank #75,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,256
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH steamer
Nearest frequency peer: steamer (-2 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 « Steinmetz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- spoken
spoken
24,749 corpus weight
- spéléologues
spéléologues
24,748 corpus weight
- steamer
steamer
24,747 corpus weight
- Steinmetz
Steinmetz
24,745 corpus weight
- stipuler
stipuler
24,743 corpus weight
- stockages
stockages
24,742 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Steinmetz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steinmetz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃtaɪ̯nmɛʦ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Steinmetz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Steinmetz is uncommon French at frequency #75,256 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃtaɪ̯nmɛʦ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tailleur de pierre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Steinmetz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Steinmetz, spelled S-T-E-I-N-M-E-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Tailleur de pierre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Steinmetz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Steinmetze arbeiten zum Teil mit Handwerkszeug, das historischen Vorbildern nachempfunden wurde. In der hauseigenen Schmiede, die aussieht wie aus einem Historienfilm, finden sich Spitzeisen, von denen einige schon um die 50 Jahre alt sind.
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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