Starkregen
[ˈʃtaʁkˌʁeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Starkregen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,181
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - heftiger Niederschlag von mehr als 10 l/m² pro Stunde
Corpus desk
Index DE-starkregen · Starkregen · German
Starkregen · rank #26,181 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,181
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Stadtfest
Nearest frequency peer: Stadtfest (-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 “Starkregen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- springs
springs
73,823 corpus weight
- Staatsanwäl…
Staatsanwälte
73,822 corpus weight
- Stadtfest
Stadtfest
73,821 corpus weight
- Starkregen
Starkregen
73,820 corpus weight
- statistisch…
statistisches
73,819 corpus weight
- Steuergeld
Steuergeld
73,818 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Starkregen” 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 | Starkregen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʁkˌʁeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Starkregen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Starkregen (IPA [ˈʃtaʁkˌʁeːɡn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,181 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "heftiger Niederschlag von mehr als 10 l/m² pro Stunde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Starkregen, with forms such as "satrkregen", "sstarkregen", and "stakrregen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "stärkeren", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Starkregen, spelled S-T-A-R-K-R-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1heftiger Niederschlag von mehr als 10 l/m² pro Stunde
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satrkregen
- sstarkregen
- stakrregen
- starkergen
- starkkregen
- starkreegn
- starkregenn
- starkreggen
- starkregne
- starkrgeen
- starkrregen
- starrkegen
- starrkregen
- strakregen
- sttarkregen
- tsarkregen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Starkregen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Starkregen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.