strawberry

[ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi]

/[ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi]/ noun

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The verdict

“strawberry” is uncommon German (frequency #70,848 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,848
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Erdbeere

Key facts for strawberry
PropertyValue
Headwordstrawberry
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,848
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “strawberry” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). strawberry lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

strawberry is uncommon German at frequency #70,848 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erdbeere".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strawberry, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is strawberry, spelled S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Erdbeere

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 "strawberry"?
"strawberry" is spelled S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi].
What does "strawberry" mean?
As a noun, "strawberry" means: Erdbeere
How do you pronounce "strawberry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strawberry" is [ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strawberry" come from?
"strawberry" 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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Using “strawberry”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list