Strasburg

[ˈʃtʁaːsˌbʊʁk]

/[ˈʃtʁaːsˌbʊʁk]/ name

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The verdict

“Strasburg” is uncommon German (frequency #78,593 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,593
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-strasburg · Strasburg · German

Strasburg · rank #78,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,593
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Strandurlaub

Nearest frequency peer: Strandurlaub (-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 „Strasburg“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strasburg
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrasburg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈʃtʁaːsˌbʊʁk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,593
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strasburg“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Strasburgfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Strandurlaub“ (#78,592), „strampeln“ (#78,591), „stopfte“ (#78,590). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strasburg“ bei #78,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strasburg is uncommon German at frequency #78,593 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːsˌbʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Strasburg in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Strasburg, spelled S-T-R-A-S-B-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Strasburg liegt in Deutschlands Nordosten.

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 "Strasburg"?
"Strasburg" is spelled S-T-R-A-S-B-U-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaːsˌbʊʁk].
What does "Strasburg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Strasburg" means: eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Strasburg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strasburg" is [ˈʃtʁaːsˌbʊʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strasburg" come from?
"Strasburg" 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 "Strasburg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strampeln#78,591Stripclub#78,600Staumauer#78,578säuerlich#78,613

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list