streichen

/[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,430

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

streichen is aGermanverb. It means: Farbe mit einem Pinsel auf einen Untergrund auftragen Pronounced [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. It ranks #5,430 in German word frequency. Often confused with Striche and Streifen.

Key facts for streichen
PropertyValue
Headwordstreichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,430
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of streichen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for streichen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,430 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for streichen, with forms such as "srteichen", "sstreichen", and "sterichen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Striche", "Streifen", "streiten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is streichen, spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Farbe mit einem Pinsel auf einen Untergrund auftragen
  2. 2
    mit der Hand oder einem Gegenstand über die Oberfläche eines anderen Gegenstandes gleiten
  3. 3
    eine Brotscheibe mit Belag versehen
  4. 4
    einen Text durch Striche als ungültig kennzeichnen
  5. 5
    eine geplante, bereits zugesicherte Veranstaltung absagen
  6. 6
    eine formbare Masse mit den Händen verändern
  7. 7
    eine geschmeidige Bewegung ausführen
  8. 8
    in eine bestimmte Richtung verlaufen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: srteichen,sstreichen,sterichen,strecihen,streicchen,streicehn,streichenn,streichhen,streichne,streihcen,striechen,strreichen,sttreichen,tsreichen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for streichen

Misspelling Variants of "streichen"

srteichen9sstreichen10sterichen9strecihen9streicchen10streicehn9streichenn10streichhen10
Misspelling Variants of "streichen"

Frequency rank: #5,430 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "streichen"?
"streichen" is spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩].
What does "streichen" mean?
As a verb, "streichen" means: Farbe mit einem Pinsel auf einen Untergrund auftragen
What words are commonly confused with "streichen"?
"streichen" is commonly confused with "Striche", "Streifen", "streiten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "streichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "streichen" is [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "streichen" come from?
"streichen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.