Streich
[ʃtʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Streich” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,371
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Hereinlegen einer Person zum Zwecke der Belustigung
Corpus desk
Index DE-streich · Streich · German
Streich · rank #10,371 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,371
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stadtverwaltu…
Nearest frequency peer: Stadtverwaltung (-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 „Streich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- spinnen
spinnen
89,633 corpus weight
- spring
spring
89,632 corpus weight
- Stadtverwal…
Stadtverwaltung
89,631 corpus weight
- Streich
Streich
89,630 corpus weight
- Streitigkei…
Streitigkeiten
89,629 corpus weight
- Studentin
Studentin
89,628 corpus weight
What this shows „Streich“ 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 | Streich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Streich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Streich (IPA [ʃtʁaɪ̯ç]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,371 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Streich, with forms such as "srteich", "sstreich", and "sterich". 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, "Streit", "Strich", "Streik", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Streich, spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1das Hereinlegen einer Person zum Zwecke der Belustigung
- 2Schlag, Treffer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Streich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schüler spielten dem Lehrer einen Streich, als sie ihm Zahnpaste unter die Türklinke schmierten.
Jemandem Reißzwecken auf den Stuhl zu legen ist ein übler Streich, über den bestimmt niemand lachen kann.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srteich
- sstreich
- sterich
- strecih
- streicch
- streichh
- streihc
- striech
- strreich
- sttreich
- tsreich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Streich - 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 "Streich", 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).