Strichcode
[ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt]
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
- stillem
stillem
863 corpus weight
- Stmk
Stmk
861 corpus weight
- stoppe
stoppe
860 corpus weight
- Strichcode
Strichcode
859 corpus weight
- Subsidiarit…
Subsidiaritätsprinzip
857 corpus weight
- suspendiert…
suspendierten
856 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Strichcode“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strichcode |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɪçˌkoːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strichcode“ im Deutschen
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
- 1optoelektronisch lesbare Schrift, die aus verschieden breiten, parallelen Strichen und Lücken besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strichcode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der schwarz-weiße Strichcode auf den Etiketten eines Gutes enthält die wesentlichen Informationen über den Händler, die Warengruppe und den Preis.“
„Den ersten dieser Strichcodes druckte vor 30 Jahren, am 1. Juli 1977 die inzwischen zerschlagene Firma Wichartz aus Wuppertal auf eine ihrer Gewürzmischungen.“
Synonyms
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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