Streusel
[ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯zl̩]
The verdict
“Streusel” is uncommon German (frequency #87,113 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,113
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Locker über ein Gebäck gestreute Stückchen aus Teig
Corpus desk
Index DE-streusel · Streusel · German
Streusel · rank #87,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,113
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Streptokokken
Nearest frequency peer: Streptokokken (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Streusel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- streitbar
streitbar
12,890 corpus weight
- Streptokokk…
Streptokokken
12,889 corpus weight
- Streusel
Streusel
12,888 corpus weight
- striker
striker
12,887 corpus weight
- Studienrich…
Studienrichtung
12,886 corpus weight
- Sturmgewehre
Sturmgewehre
12,885 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Streusel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Streusel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯zl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Streusel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Streusel is uncommon German at frequency #87,113 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯zl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Locker über ein Gebäck gestreute Stückchen aus Teig".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Streusel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Streusel, spelled S-T-R-E-U-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Locker über ein Gebäck gestreute Stückchen aus Teig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Streusel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bäckst du den Apfelkuchen mit oder ohne Streusel?
This word in other languages
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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