Strafverfahren
[ˈʃtʁaːffɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“Strafverfahren” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,559
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gerichtlicher Prozess zur Untersuchung, Verfolgung und Entscheidung über Straftaten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strafverfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaːffɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #16,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Strafverfahren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around Strafverfahren (IPA [ˈʃtʁaːffɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,559 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gerichtlicher Prozess zur Untersuchung, Verfolgung und Entscheidung über Straftaten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strafverfahren, with forms such as "srtafverfahren", "sstrafverfahren", and "starfverfahren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Strafverfahren, spelled S-T-R-A-F-V-E-R-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1gerichtlicher Prozess zur Untersuchung, Verfolgung und Entscheidung über Straftaten
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtafverfahren
- sstrafverfahren
- starfverfahren
- strafevrfahren
- straffverfahren
- strafvefrahren
- strafverafhren
- strafverfahern
- strafverfahhren
- strafverfahrenn
- strafverfahrne
- strafverfahrren
- strafverfarhen
- strafverffahren
- strafverfharen
- strafverrfahren
- strafvrefahren
- strafvverfahren
- stravferfahren
- strfaverfahren
- strrafverfahren
- sttrafverfahren
- tsrafverfahren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strafverfahren - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Strafverfahren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-F-V-E-R-F-A-H-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtʁaːffɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.