Strahlen

[ˈʃtʁaːlən]

/[ˈʃtʁaːlən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strahlen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,632
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Strahl

Corpus desk

Index DE-strahlen · Strahlen · German

Strahlen · rank #8,632 · 13 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,632
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stockholm

Nearest frequency peer: Stockholm (-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 „Strahlen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Strahlen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Strahlen vs strahlt
63% similar
Strahlen vs Stühlen
75% similar
Strahlen vs Strassen
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Strahlen
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrahlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁaːlən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,632
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Strahlen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Strahlenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Stockholm“ (#8,631), „Steffen“ (#8,630), „Substanzen“ (#8,634). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strahlen“ bei #8,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Strahlen (IPA [ˈʃtʁaːlən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,632 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strahlen, with forms such as "srtahlen", "sstrahlen", and "starhlen". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "strahlt", "Stühlen", "Strassen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Strahlen, spelled S-T-R-A-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Strahl
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Strahl
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Strahl
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Strahl

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtahlen
  • sstrahlen
  • starhlen
  • straheln
  • strahhlen
  • strahlenn
  • strahllen
  • strahlne
  • stralhen
  • strhalen
  • strrahlen
  • sttrahlen
  • tsrahlen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strahlen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

srtahlen2sstrahlen1starhlen2straheln2strahhlen1strahlenn1strahllen1strahlne2
Edit distance from "Strahlen"

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 "Strahlen"?
"Strahlen" is spelled S-T-R-A-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaːlən].
What does "Strahlen" mean?
As a noun, "Strahlen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Strahl
What words are commonly confused with "Strahlen"?
"Strahlen" is commonly confused with "strahlt", "Stühlen", "Strassen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Strahlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strahlen" is [ˈʃtʁaːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strahlen" come from?
"Strahlen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strahlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

syrische#8,635sicherte#8,627Thematik#8,639Services#8,624

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Soziologie13 variantstürkisch13 variantsRezeption13 variantsverkaufte13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list