Stricher

[ˈʃtʁɪçɐ]

/[ˈʃtʁɪçɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Stricher” is uncommon German (frequency #71,889 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,889
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die auf den Strich geht; männliche Hure

Corpus desk

Index DE-stricher · Stricher · German

Stricher · rank #71,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,889
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stromausfälle

Nearest frequency peer: Stromausfälle (+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 „Stricher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stricher
PropertyValue
HeadwordStricher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁɪçɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stricher“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Stricherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stromausfälle“ (#71,890), „Studentenverbindungen“ (#71,891), „sticky“ (#71,886). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stricher“ bei #71,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stricher is uncommon German at frequency #71,889 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die auf den Strich geht; männliche Hure".

Zero misspellings are on record for Stricher in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Stricher, spelled S-T-R-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (männliche^☆) Person, die auf den Strich geht; männliche Hure

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Meistens verkaufen sich Stricher, um sich Drogen beschaffen zu können, oder sie werden von anderen Personen dazu gezwungen.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "Stricher"?
"Stricher" is spelled S-T-R-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁɪçɐ].
What does "Stricher" mean?
As a noun, "Stricher" means: (männliche^☆) Person, die auf den Strich geht; männliche Hure
How do you pronounce "Stricher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stricher" is [ˈʃtʁɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stricher" come from?
"Stricher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list