stellen
\ˈʃtɛlən\
The verdict
“stellen” 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) - Poser, fixer en position verticale, mettre en position verticale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stellen · stellen · French
stellen · 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 | stellen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃtɛlən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stellen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stellen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃtɛlən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stellen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stellen, spelled S-T-E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Poser, fixer en position verticale, mettre en position verticale.
- 2S'installer (dans quelque part).
- 3Ranger (quelque chose dans ou sur quelque part).
- 4Poser une question.
- 5Capturer, attraper, arrêter suivi de l’accusatif.
- 6Mettre en place.
- 7Régler (ici forme raccourci d'einstellen), mettre.
- 8Établir (un diagnostique).
- 9Constituer ou représenter (une partie d’un tout).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stellen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er stellte die Vase auf den Tisch.
»Mein Vater!« rief Villefort. »Ich habe mich also nicht geirrt; ich vermutete, daß Sie es wären!« »Wenn du das vermutet hast«, entgegnete der Ankömmling, indem er seinen Stock in einen Winkel stellte und den Hut auf einen Sessel legte, »so erlaube ich mir, dir zu sagen, mein lieber Gérard, daß es von dir nicht liebenswürdig ist, mich so lange warten zu la…
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.