Streichelzoo
[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː]
The verdict
“Streichelzoo” is uncommon German (frequency #56,565 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,565
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zoo/Bereich eines Zoos, in dem Tiere gehalten werden, die sich anfassen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-streichelzoo · Streichelzoo · German
Streichelzoo · rank #56,565 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,565
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH strickt
Nearest frequency peer: strickt (+2 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Streichelzoo“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- steuerten
steuerten
43,441 corpus weight
- Stichwörter
Stichwörter
43,439 corpus weight
- Streichelzoo
Streichelzoo
43,436 corpus weight
- strickt
strickt
43,434 corpus weight
- stürmischer
stürmischer
43,433 corpus weight
- Subwoofer
Subwoofer
43,432 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Streichelzoo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Streichelzoo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Streichelzoo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Streichelzoo is uncommon German at frequency #56,565 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zoo/Bereich eines Zoos, in dem Tiere gehalten werden, die sich anfassen lassen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Streichelzoo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Streichelzoo, spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-L-Z-O-O.
Definition
- 1Zoo/Bereich eines Zoos, in dem Tiere gehalten werden, die sich anfassen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Streichelzoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Holländer lieben diese nationalen Tage, an denen sie kollektiv vorlesen, die Strände reinigen oder die Ställe der Streichelzoos ausmisten.“
„Seit Monaten kursieren im Netz haarsträubende Berichte über angebliche Untaten von Flüchtlingen, die Mär von den geschlachteten Zicklein aus dem Streichelzoo ist nur eine davon.“
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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