Starkstrom
[ˈʃtaʁkˌʃtʁoːm]
The verdict
“Starkstrom” is uncommon German (frequency #96,308 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,308
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starker elektrischer Strom, mit sehr hoher Stromstärke und zumeist sehr hoher Spannung
Corpus desk
Index DE-starkstrom · Starkstrom · German
Starkstrom · rank #96,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,308
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stattzufinden
Nearest frequency peer: stattzufinden (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Starkstrom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Staatseinna…
Staatseinnahmen
3,699 corpus weight
- Staatspleite
Staatspleite
3,698 corpus weight
- Stammesführ…
Stammesführer
3,695 corpus weight
- Starkstrom
Starkstrom
3,693 corpus weight
- stattzufind…
stattzufinden
3,692 corpus weight
- Steinhäuser
Steinhäuser
3,690 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Starkstrom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Starkstrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʁkˌʃtʁoːm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Starkstrom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Starkstrom is uncommon German at frequency #96,308 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaʁkˌʃtʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "starker elektrischer Strom, mit sehr hoher Stromstärke und zumeist sehr hoher Spannung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Starkstrom in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Starkstrom, spelled S-T-A-R-K-S-T-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1starker elektrischer Strom, mit sehr hoher Stromstärke und zumeist sehr hoher Spannung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Starkstrom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Starkstrom ist sehr gefährlich, bei Arbeiten am oder mit Starkstrom sollte man immer vorsichtig sein.
Anschlüsse für Starkstrom gibt es im normalen Haushalt nicht, diese findet man zum Beispiel auf Baustellen.
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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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