stöpsel

\ˈʃtœpsl̩\

/\ˈʃtœpsl̩\/ verb

The verdict

“stöpsel” 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) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de stöpseln.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stopsel · stöpsel · French

stöpsel · 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.

Key facts for stöpsel
PropertyValue
Headwordstöpsel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈʃtœpsl̩\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stöpsel » en français

stöpselreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stöpsel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃtœpsl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stöpsel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is stöpsel, spelled S-T-Ö-P-S-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de stöpseln.
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de stöpseln.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stöpsel"?
"stöpsel" is spelled S-T-Ö-P-S-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈʃtœpsl̩\.
What does "stöpsel" mean?
As a verb, "stöpsel" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de stöpseln.
How do you pronounce "stöpsel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stöpsel" is \ˈʃtœpsl̩\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stöpsel" come from?
"stöpsel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list