stolz

\ʃtɔlt͡s\

/\ʃtɔlt͡s\/ adj

The verdict

“stolz” is uncommon French (frequency #90,220 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,220
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fier, convaincu de soi-même, plein de fierté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stolz · stolz · French

stolz · rank #90,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,220
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stoltenberg

Nearest frequency peer: Stoltenberg (-1 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 « stolz »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stolz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stolz
PropertyValue
Headwordstolz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃtɔlt͡s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stolz » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stolztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Stoltenberg » (#90,219), « storyboard » (#90,221), « stimulera » (#90,218). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stolz » est au #90,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stolz is uncommon French at frequency #90,220 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃtɔlt͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stolz, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 stolz, spelled S-T-O-L-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fier, convaincu de soi-même, plein de fierté.
  2. 2
    Fier, plein de joie sur un accomplissement.
  3. 3
    Impressionant, imposant par sa largeur, beauté, etc.
  4. 4
    Élevé, caractérise un prix ou une valeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stolz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Diese bescheidenen und stolzen Bourgeois waren der Meinung, Schönheit sei für sie entweder zu teuer oder zu wenig standesgemäß; Schönheit billigten sie nur den Marquisen und den Huren zu.
  2. Sie ist sehr stolz auf ihren Sohn.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stolz"?
"stolz" is spelled S-T-O-L-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃtɔlt͡s\.
What does "stolz" mean?
As an adjective, "stolz" means: Fier, convaincu de soi-même, plein de fierté.
How do you pronounce "stolz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stolz" is \ʃtɔlt͡s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stolz" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stolz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list