Strichcode

[ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt]

/[ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Strichcode” is uncommon German (frequency #99,142 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,142
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - optoelektronisch lesbare Schrift, die aus verschieden breiten, parallelen Strichen und Lücken besteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-strichcode · Strichcode · German

Strichcode · rank #99,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,142
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stoppe

Nearest frequency peer: stoppe (-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 „Strichcode“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strichcode
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrichcode
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strichcode“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Strichcodefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stoppe“ (#99,141), „Stmk“ (#99,140), „Subsidiaritätsprinzip“ (#99,144). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strichcode“ bei #99,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strichcode is uncommon German at frequency #99,142 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "optoelektronisch lesbare Schrift, die aus verschieden breiten, parallelen Strichen und Lücken besteht".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Strichcode, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Strichcode, spelled S-T-R-I-C-H-C-O-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    optoelektronisch lesbare Schrift, die aus verschieden breiten, parallelen Strichen und Lücken besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der schwarz-weiße Strichcode auf den Etiketten eines Gutes enthält die wesentlichen Informationen über den Händler, die Warengruppe und den Preis.“
  2. „Den ersten dieser Strichcodes druckte vor 30 Jahren, am 1. Juli 1977 die inzwischen zerschlagene Firma Wichartz aus Wuppertal auf eine ihrer Gewürzmischungen.“

Synonyms

BarcodeBalkencode

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Strichcode"?
"Strichcode" is spelled S-T-R-I-C-H-C-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt].
What does "Strichcode" mean?
As a noun, "Strichcode" means: optoelektronisch lesbare Schrift, die aus verschieden breiten, parallelen Strichen und Lücken besteht
How do you pronounce "Strichcode"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strichcode" is [ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strichcode" come from?
"Strichcode" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list