StrohvsstrongConfusable pair

Quick tell: Stroh is a noun, strong is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Stroh” is a noun and “strong” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,536
“Stroh” frequency rank
#20,073
“strong” frequency rank
31609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stroh strong
Definition abgedroschene Getreidehalme stark

Letter map: Stroh vs strong

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stroh and strong apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Stroh
6 ch
strong

Part-of-speech tell for Stroh / strong

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stroh is anoun and stronganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stroh is recorded at frequency rank #11,536, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtʁoː]. strong is at rank #20,073, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31609, this pair ranks #1,724,690 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stroh vs strong

Shared letters: orst. Private to "Stroh": h. Private to "strong": gn.

"Stroh" · 5 letters · shape CCCVC  ·  "strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Strohsrtoh · sstroh · storh · strho · strohh · strroh · sttroh · tsroh
  • strongsrtong · sstrong · storng · strnog · strogn · strongg · stronng · strrong

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stroh" for "strong" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stroh" is a noun and "strong" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Stroh" vs "strong" - which ranks higher?
"Stroh" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,536 in our German list, against #20,073 for "strong". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Stroh" and "strong".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stroh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "strong" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,724,690 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stroh" and "strong" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs strong". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,724,690 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list