stripes

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The verdict

“stripes” is uncommon German (frequency #65,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,733
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs stripe

Corpus desk

Index DE-stripes · stripes · German

stripes · rank #65,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Streichhölzer

Nearest frequency peer: Streichhölzer (-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 „stripes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stripes
PropertyValue
Headwordstripes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stripes“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Streichhölzer“ (#65,732), „strukturierter“ (#65,734), „Streicheleinheiten“ (#65,731). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stripes“ bei #65,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stripes is uncommon German at frequency #65,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs stripe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stripes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stripes, spelled S-T-R-I-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs stripe

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 "stripes"?
"stripes" is spelled S-T-R-I-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "stripes" mean?
As a noun, "stripes" means: Plural des Substantivs stripe
How do you pronounce "stripes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stripes" is […]. 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 "stripes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strande#65,730Sundern#65,741sticken#65,722Südufer#65,750

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list