streiche

[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çə]

/[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çə]/ verb

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The verdict

“streiche” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,631
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streichen

Corpus desk

Index DE-streiche · streiche · German

streiche · rank #26,631 · 12 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,631
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Streichung

Nearest frequency peer: Streichung (+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 „streiche“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „streiche“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

streiche vs Strich
63% similar
streiche vs Streife
63% similar
streiche vs streite
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for streiche
PropertyValue
Headwordstreiche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,631
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „streiche“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).streicheliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Streichung“ (#26,632), „stillgelegt“ (#26,629), „syrischer“ (#26,633). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „streiche“ bei #26,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around streiche (IPA [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,631 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for streiche, with forms such as "srteiche", "sstreiche", and "steriche". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Strich", "Streife", "streite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 streiche, spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streichen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streichen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streichen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streichen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srteiche
  • sstreiche
  • steriche
  • strecihe
  • streicche
  • streiceh
  • streichhe
  • streihce
  • strieche
  • strreiche
  • sttreiche
  • tsreiche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of streiche - 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.

srteiche2sstreiche1steriche2strecihe2streicche1streiceh2streichhe1streihce2
Edit distance from "streiche"

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 "streiche"?
"streiche" is spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çə].
What does "streiche" mean?
As a verb, "streiche" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streichen
What words are commonly confused with "streiche"?
"streiche" is commonly confused with "Strich", "Streife", "streite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "streiche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "streiche" is [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "streiche" come from?
"streiche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "streiche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Trophäen12 variantsSegmente12 variantsSegeberg12 variantsverehren12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list