Streichholzschachtel
[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çhɔlt͡sˌʃaxtl̩]
The verdict
“Streichholzschachtel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behälter für Streichhölzer
Corpus desk
Index DE-streichholzschachtel · Streichholzschachtel · German
Streichholzschachtel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Streichholzschachtel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çhɔlt͡sˌʃaxtl̩] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Streichholzschachtel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Streichholzschachtel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çhɔlt͡sˌʃaxtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Behälter für Streichhölzer".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Streichholzschachtel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Streichholzschachtel, spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-H-O-L-Z-S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Behälter für Streichhölzer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Streichholzschachtel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Streichholzschachtel sollte trocken gehalten werden.
„Er suchte nach der Streichholzschachtel und schlurfte zurück ins Wohnzimmer.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.