Streichelzoo

[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː]

/[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Streichelzoo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Streichelzoo
PropertyValue
HeadwordStreichelzoo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#56,565
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Streichelzoo“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Streichelzoofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „strickt“ (#56,567), „Stichwörter“ (#56,562), „stürmischer“ (#56,568). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Streichelzoo“ bei #56,565. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Zoo/Bereich eines Zoos, in dem Tiere gehalten werden, die sich anfassen lassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Streichelzoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Holländer lieben diese nationalen Tage, an denen sie kollektiv vorlesen, die Strände reinigen oder die Ställe der Streichelzoos ausmisten.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Streichelzoo"?
"Streichelzoo" is spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-L-Z-O-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː].
What does "Streichelzoo" mean?
As a noun, "Streichelzoo" means: Zoo/Bereich eines Zoos, in dem Tiere gehalten werden, die sich anfassen lassen
How do you pronounce "Streichelzoo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Streichelzoo" is [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩ˌt͡soː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Streichelzoo" come from?
"Streichelzoo" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list