Strass
[ʃtʁas]
The verdict
“Strass” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,283
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imitation eines Diamanten aus bleihaltigem Glasfluss mit starker Lichtbrechung
Corpus desk
Index DE-strass · Strass · German
Strass · rank #31,283 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,283
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Strafzettel
Nearest frequency peer: Strafzettel (-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 „Strass“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Steiger
Steiger
68,721 corpus weight
- straffrei
straffrei
68,720 corpus weight
- Strafzettel
Strafzettel
68,719 corpus weight
- Strass
Strass
68,718 corpus weight
- streitig
streitig
68,717 corpus weight
- strittig
strittig
68,716 corpus weight
What this shows „Strass“ 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 | Strass |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Strass“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Strass (IPA [ʃtʁas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,283 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Imitation eines Diamanten aus bleihaltigem Glasfluss mit starker Lichtbrechung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strass, with forms such as "srtass", "sstrass", and "straß". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stuss", "Stress", "Stroms", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Strass, spelled S-T-R-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Imitation eines Diamanten aus bleihaltigem Glasfluss mit starker Lichtbrechung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das erschwinglichere Imitat namens "Strass" war erfunden und ziert heute die Trend-Uhren in jeder Preisklasse.
In der Bar des Bristol glitzert einfach alles: die Diamanten auf den Zifferblättern der Uhren, der Strass auf den spitzen Stiefelettenabsätzen der drei Paris-Hilton-Klone, die auf drei kleinen Fauteuils hocken.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtass
- sstrass
- straß
- strrass
- strsas
- sttrass
- tsrass
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strass - 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 "Strass", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).