Stuhlgang
\ʃtuːlɡɑŋ\
The verdict
“Stuhlgang” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Défécation, l’activité d'aller aux toilettes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stuhlgang · Stuhlgang · French
Stuhlgang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Stuhlgang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃtuːlɡɑŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Stuhlgang is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃtuːlɡɑŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Stuhlgang has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Stuhlgang, spelled S-T-U-H-L-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Défécation, l’activité d'aller aux toilettes.
- 2Selles, excréments.
- 3Dysenterie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stuhlgang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Michael Metz aus Frankfurt am Main musste heute seinen Stuhlgang schon nach wenigen Minuten unterbrechen, um sein zuvor vergessenes Smartphone aus dem Wohnzimmer zu holen. Anschließend setzte der 33-Jährige sein Geschäft fort.
Für eine Studie bat der israelische Arzt 28 Probanden darum, in drei verschiedenen Positionen den täglichen Stuhlgang auszuüben: auf einer normalen Toilette thronend, auf einer ungewöhnlich kleinen Toilette mühevoll »hock-sitzend« oder wie im Freien hockend. Dabei stoppte er die Zeit und händigte ihnen im Anschluss einen Fragebogen aus.
Synonyms
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.