Stichstraße
[ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə]
The verdict
“Stichstraße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sackgasse, welche von einer weiterführenden Straße abzweigt, oft mit dem gleichen Straßennamen wie die Straße, von der sie abzweigt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stichstraße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stichstraße” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stichstraße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sackgasse, welche von einer weiterführenden Straße abzweigt, oft mit dem gleichen Straßennamen wie die Straße, von der sie abzweigt.".
Stichstraße has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stichstraße, spelled S-T-I-C-H-S-T-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sackgasse, welche von einer weiterführenden Straße abzweigt, oft mit dem gleichen Straßennamen wie die Straße, von der sie abzweigt.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Stichstraße”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-I-C-H-S-T-R-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.