Strähnen
[ˈʃtʁɛːnən]
The verdict
“Strähnen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,281
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Strähne
Corpus desk
Index DE-strahnen · Strähnen · German
Strähnen · rank #49,281 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,281
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH strunz
Nearest frequency peer: strunz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Strähnen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- stresst
stresst
50,723 corpus weight
- Strohmann
Strohmann
50,722 corpus weight
- strunz
strunz
50,721 corpus weight
- Strähnen
Strähnen
50,720 corpus weight
- Subjektivit…
Subjektivität
50,719 corpus weight
- subtiler
subtiler
50,718 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Strähnen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Strähnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɛːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Strähnen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Strähnen (IPA [ˈʃtʁɛːnən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,281 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strähnen, with forms such as "srtähnen", "ssträhnen", and "strhänen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Strassen", "strafen", "staunen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Strähnen, spelled S-T-R-Ä-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Strähne
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Strähne
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Strähne
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Strähne
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtähnen
- ssträhnen
- strhänen
- strrähnen
- strähenn
- strähhnen
- strähnenn
- strähnne
- strähnnen
- stränhen
- stträhnen
- stärhnen
- tsrähnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strähnen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strähnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.