Strecke
[ˈʃtʁɛkə]
The verdict
“Strecke” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,746
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stück eines Weges
Corpus desk
Index DE-strecke · Strecke · German
Strecke · rank #1,746 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,746
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwierig
Nearest frequency peer: schwierig (-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 “Strecke”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rum
Rum
98,257 corpus weight
- schwierig
schwierig
98,256 corpus weight
- Strecke
Strecke
98,255 corpus weight
- Studien
Studien
98,254 corpus weight
- Städte
Städte
98,253 corpus weight
- verdienen
verdienen
98,252 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Strecke” 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 | Strecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɛkə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Strecke” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Strecke (IPA [ˈʃtʁɛkə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,746 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strecke, with forms such as "srtecke", "sstrecke", and "stercke". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stücke", "Streik", "strike", 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 Strecke, spelled S-T-R-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Stück eines Weges
- 2beidseitig begrenzte gerade Linie
- 3horizontaler Grubenbau
- 4gesamte Beute einer Jagd
- 5Maschine zum Strecken von Kardenbändern in der Textilindustrie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Strecke, die wir heute zurücklegten, war sehr kurz.
„Auf gerader Strecke stehen die Leitpfosten in einem Abstand von 50 Metern.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtecke
- sstrecke
- stercke
- strceke
- streccke
- strecek
- streckke
- strekce
- strrecke
- sttrecke
- tsrecke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strecke - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strecke", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Strecke". Here's where to go from here.
- "Strecke" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Stücke". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,746 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.