straflos

[ˈʃtʁaːfˌloːs]

/[ˈʃtʁaːfˌloːs]/ adj

The verdict

“straflos” is uncommon German (frequency #79,782 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,782
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Strafe, keine Bestrafung nach sich ziehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-straflos · straflos · German

straflos · rank #79,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,782
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Strafandrohung

Nearest frequency peer: Strafandrohung (-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 „straflos“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for straflos
PropertyValue
Headwordstraflos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtʁaːfˌloːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,782
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „straflos“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).straflosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Strafandrohung“ (#79,781), „Stoppschild“ (#79,780), „Streitwagen“ (#79,785). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „straflos“ bei #79,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

straflos is uncommon German at frequency #79,782 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːfˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Strafe, keine Bestrafung nach sich ziehend".

No misspelling variants are generated for straflos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is straflos, spelled S-T-R-A-F-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Strafe, keine Bestrafung nach sich ziehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Ende der Reechtsstaatlichkeit war endgültig erreicht, als Mugabe wiederholt verurteilte Täter aus den Reihen der ZANU(PF) und der Sicherheitskräfte begnadigte und damit die klare Botschaft aussandte, dass ihre Verbrechen straflos bleiben würden.“

Synonyms

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 "straflos"?
"straflos" is spelled S-T-R-A-F-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaːfˌloːs].
What does "straflos" mean?
As an adjective, "straflos" means: ohne Strafe, keine Bestrafung nach sich ziehend
How do you pronounce "straflos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "straflos" is [ˈʃtʁaːfˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "straflos" come from?
"straflos" 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 "straflos", 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