stringent

[ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt]

/[ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“stringent” is uncommon German (frequency #85,894 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,894
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - streng an Regeln haltend, ohne Abweichung genau nach Plan

Corpus desk

Index DE-stringent · stringent · German

stringent · rank #85,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,894
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Streuobstwiese

Nearest frequency peer: Streuobstwiese (-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 „stringent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stringent
PropertyValue
Headwordstringent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stringent“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stringentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Streuobstwiese“ (#85,893), „Strippenzieher“ (#85,895), „Strandhaus“ (#85,890). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stringent“ bei #85,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stringent is uncommon German at frequency #85,894 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stringent, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stringent, spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    streng an Regeln haltend, ohne Abweichung genau nach Plan
  2. 2
    schlüssig, nachvollziehbar, durchgehend, lückenlos, zwingend (bei Argumenten)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Plan wurde ganz stringent verfolgt.
  2. Bei Mini ist er gewollt. "Frech, frisch und ein bisschen anders als anderes", lautet die Regieanweisung aus der BMW-Zentrale. In den Exklusiv-Filialen in München und demnächst in Berlin Mitte kann diese Linie am stringentesten verfolgt werden.

Synonyms

bündigdringenddringlicheindringlichemphatischnachdrücklichostentativprononciertschlüssigstichhaltigultimativzwingend

This word in other languages

stringent(English)estricto(Español)

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 "stringent"?
"stringent" is spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt].
What does "stringent" mean?
As an adjective, "stringent" means: streng an Regeln haltend, ohne Abweichung genau nach Plan
How do you pronounce "stringent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stringent" is [ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sturmwind#85,901subversiv#85,906suggestiv#85,907Südflügel#85,913

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list