Stratum
[ˈʃtʁaːtʊm]
The verdict
“Stratum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ebene, Schicht in einem vertikal organisierten komplexen System
Corpus desk
Index DE-stratum · Stratum · German
Stratum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stratum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaːtʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stratum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stratum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːtʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ebene, Schicht in einem vertikal organisierten komplexen System".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stratum, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stratum, spelled S-T-R-A-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Ebene, Schicht in einem vertikal organisierten komplexen System
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stratum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ob Personen aus den oberen Strata der Gesellschaft oder Akademiker, mehr und mehr gingen nun dazu über, einander je nach ihrer Akzeptanz oder Ablehnung von Darwins großer Entdeckung geistig und gesellschaftlich einzuordnen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.