Sterberate

[ˈʃtɛʁbəˌʁaːtə]

/[ˈʃtɛʁbəˌʁaːtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sterberate” is uncommon German (frequency #83,341 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,341
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sterbefälle/Todesfälle (meist auf 1 Jahr und 1.000 oder 100.000 Personen bezogen)

Corpus desk

Index DE-sterberate · Sterberate · German

Sterberate · rank #83,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,341
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stepper

Nearest frequency peer: Stepper (-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 „Sterberate“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sterberate“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sterberate
PropertyValue
HeadwordSterberate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɛʁbəˌʁaːtə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sterberate“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sterberatefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stepper“ (#83,340), „Steuerfahndung“ (#83,342), „steuerlicher“ (#83,343). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sterberate“ bei #83,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sterberate is uncommon German at frequency #83,341 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛʁbəˌʁaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sterbefälle/Todesfälle (meist auf 1 Jahr und 1.000 oder 100.000 Personen bezogen)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sterberate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sterberate, spelled S-T-E-R-B-E-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sterbefälle/Todesfälle (meist auf 1 Jahr und 1.000 oder 100.000 Personen bezogen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sterberate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In Entwicklungsländern ist die Sterberate (seit etwa 1900) ebenfalls stark gesunken; die Geburtenrate ist jedoch meist auf hohem Niveau verblieben.“
  2. Mit 46,5 je 100.000 Einwohner lag die Sterberate für Lungenkrebs bei Männern sehr hoch.

Synonyms

MortalitätMortalitätsrateSterblichkeitsrateTodesrate

Antonyms

Geburtenrate

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sterberate"?
"Sterberate" is spelled S-T-E-R-B-E-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛʁbəˌʁaːtə].
What does "Sterberate" mean?
As a noun, "Sterberate" means: Sterbefälle/Todesfälle (meist auf 1 Jahr und 1.000 oder 100.000 Personen bezogen)
How do you pronounce "Sterberate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sterberate" is [ˈʃtɛʁbəˌʁaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sterberate" come from?
"Sterberate" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sterberate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Steinmauer#83,337Stecknadel#83,335Standpauke#83,329Spitzhacke#83,324

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list