Sr
The verdict
“Sr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,983) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,983
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strontium
Corpus desk
Index DE-sr · Sr · German
Sr · rank #9,983 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,983
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sponsoren
Nearest frequency peer: Sponsoren (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- spielst
spielst
90,020 corpus weight
- Sponsoren
Sponsoren
90,019 corpus weight
- Sr
Sr
90,018 corpus weight
- staatlicher
staatlicher
90,017 corpus weight
- Statue
Statue
90,016 corpus weight
- stechen
stechen
90,015 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sr” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #9,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sr” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Sr is neighbouring look-alikes ("SV", "SS", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #9,983 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Strontium".
Zero misspellings are on record for Sr in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SV", "SS", "SZ", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sr, spelled S-R.
Definition
- 1Strontium
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sr → Sr²⁺ + 2 e⁻
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "Sr" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "SV". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #9,983 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.