Strafanstalt
[ˈʃtʁaːfˌʔanʃtalt]
The verdict
“Strafanstalt” is uncommon German (frequency #62,885 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,885
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurz für Strafvollzugsanstalt; (staatliche) Einrichtung zum Strafvollzug, zur Strafverbüßung
Corpus desk
Index DE-strafanstalt · Strafanstalt · German
Strafanstalt · rank #62,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,885
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stimmberechti…
Nearest frequency peer: stimmberechtigte (-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 „Strafanstalt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stifters
Stifters
37,119 corpus weight
- stigmatisie…
stigmatisiert
37,118 corpus weight
- stimmberech…
stimmberechtigte
37,117 corpus weight
- Strafanstalt
Strafanstalt
37,116 corpus weight
- strahlten
strahlten
37,115 corpus weight
- streif
streif
37,113 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Strafanstalt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strafanstalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaːfˌʔanʃtalt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strafanstalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Strafanstalt is uncommon German at frequency #62,885 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːfˌʔanʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurz für Strafvollzugsanstalt; (staatliche) Einrichtung zum Strafvollzug, zur Strafverbüßung".
Zero misspellings are on record for Strafanstalt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Strafanstalt, spelled S-T-R-A-F-A-N-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1kurz für Strafvollzugsanstalt; (staatliche) Einrichtung zum Strafvollzug, zur Strafverbüßung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Strafanstalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Eine eigentliche Strafanstalt gab es in Zürich erst ab dem 17. Jahrhundert – im ehemaligen Oetenbachkloster, das nach 1900 mitsamt dem Hügel, auf dem es stand, abgetragen wurde, um der Uraniastrasse Platz zu machen.»
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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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