Polizeistreife
[poliˈt͡saɪ̯ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fə]
The verdict
“Polizeistreife” is uncommon German (frequency #80,794 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,794
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Polizeibeamter oder Gruppe von Polizeibeamten, die Fahrten oder Gänge zwecks Kontrolle eines Bereichs durchführt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polizeistreife |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈt͡saɪ̯ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #80,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Polizeistreife” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Polizeistreife is uncommon German at frequency #80,794 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈt͡saɪ̯ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Polizeistreife has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Polizeistreife, spelled P-O-L-I-Z-E-I-S-T-R-E-I-F-E.
Definition
- 1Polizeibeamter oder Gruppe von Polizeibeamten, die Fahrten oder Gänge zwecks Kontrolle eines Bereichs durchführt
- 2Kontrollgang durch Polizeibeamte
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Polizeistreife”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-L-I-Z-E-I-S-T-R-E-I-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.