Strahl
[ʃtʁaːl]
The verdict
“Strahl” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,294
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einseitig infinite Linie, die an einem festen Punkt beginnt
Corpus desk
Index DE-strahl · Strahl · German
Strahl · rank #16,294 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,294
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stiel
Nearest frequency peer: Stiel (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Strahl“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Stadtbiblio…
Stadtbibliothek
83,710 corpus weight
- Steuerberat…
Steuerberater
83,709 corpus weight
- Stiel
Stiel
83,708 corpus weight
- Strahl
Strahl
83,707 corpus weight
- strike
strike
83,706 corpus weight
- Taxis
Taxis
83,705 corpus weight
What this shows „Strahl“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Strahl“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Strahl (IPA [ʃtʁaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,294 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strahl, with forms such as "srtahl", "sstrahl", and "starhl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Stuhl", "Stroh", "Strand", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Strahl, spelled S-T-R-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1einseitig infinite Linie, die an einem festen Punkt beginnt
- 2von einer Energiequelle ausgehendes Bündel elektromagnetischer Wellen/Partikel
- 3aus einer Öffnung herausschießende Flüssigkeit
- 4Teil des Pferdehufes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Strahl liegt gemäß der mathematischen Definition zwischen Gerade und Strecke.
„Der Strahl, damit die aufrechte, stehende Linie ist hier das einfachste Bild des aktiven, tätigen, handelnden Grundelements der Schöpfung.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtahl
- sstrahl
- starhl
- strahhl
- strahll
- stralh
- strhal
- strrahl
- sttrahl
- tsrahl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strahl - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strahl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).