straffes

[ˈʃtʁafəs]

/[ˈʃtʁafəs]/ adj

The verdict

“straffes” is uncommon German (frequency #93,663 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,663
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs straff

Corpus desk

Index DE-straffes · straffes · German

straffes · rank #93,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,663
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stolper

Nearest frequency peer: stolper (-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 „straffes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for straffes
PropertyValue
Headwordstraffes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtʁafəs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „straffes“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).straffesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stolper“ (#93,662), „Straflager“ (#93,664), „Stimuli“ (#93,660). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „straffes“ bei #93,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

straffes is uncommon German at frequency #93,663 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtʁafəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for straffes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 straffes, spelled S-T-R-A-F-F-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs straff
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs straff
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs straff
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs straff

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 "straffes"?
"straffes" is spelled S-T-R-A-F-F-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁafəs].
What does "straffes" mean?
As an adjective, "straffes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs straff
How do you pronounce "straffes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "straffes" is [ˈʃtʁafəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "straffes" come from?
"straffes" 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 "straffes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list