stilstaan
The verdict
“stilstaan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rester tranquille, rester immobile, stationner (pour une voiture), croupir (pour de l’eau).
Corpus desk
Index FR-stilstaan · stilstaan · French
stilstaan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | stilstaan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
stilstaan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for stilstaan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stilstaan, spelled S-T-I-L-S-T-A-A-N.
Definition
- 1Rester tranquille, rester immobile, stationner (pour une voiture), croupir (pour de l’eau).
- 2S’arrêter.
- 3Stagner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stilstaan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
zijn mond staat nooit stil
nog wat stilstaan
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.