Stroh

[ʃtʁoː]

/[ʃtʁoː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Stroh” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,536
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgedroschene Getreidehalme

Corpus desk

Index DE-stroh · Stroh · German

Stroh · rank #11,536 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,536
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stellvertrete…

Nearest frequency peer: stellvertretende (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Stroh“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Stroh“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Stroh vs StVO
40% similar
Stroh vs Strom
80% similar
Stroh vs strong
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Stroh
PropertyValue
HeadwordStroh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtʁoː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,536
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stroh“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Strohliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „stellvertretende“ (#11,535), „stumpf“ (#11,537), „Stellungen“ (#11,534). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stroh“ bei #11,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Stroh (IPA [ʃtʁoː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,536 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "abgedroschene Getreidehalme".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stroh, with forms such as "srtoh", "sstroh", and "storh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "StVO", "Strom", "strong", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stroh, spelled S-T-R-O-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    abgedroschene Getreidehalme

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Da liegt es, das Kindlein, auf Heu und auf Stroh - (Weihnachtslied)
  2. „Er hatte keinen Blick mehr für die Gehöfte zu beiden Seiten der Dorfstraße, für die mit Stroh gedeckten Stallungen, die Lindenbäume, die in unregelmäßigen Abständen den Weg säumten.“

Antonyms

Heu

This word in other languages

straw(English)paja(Español)paille(Français)palha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtoh
  • sstroh
  • storh
  • strho
  • strohh
  • strroh
  • sttroh
  • tsroh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stroh - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

srtoh2sstroh1storh2strho2strohh1strroh1sttroh1tsroh2
Edit distance from "Stroh"

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 "Stroh"?
"Stroh" is spelled S-T-R-O-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁoː].
What does "Stroh" mean?
As a noun, "Stroh" means: abgedroschene Getreidehalme
What words are commonly confused with "Stroh"?
"Stroh" is commonly confused with "StVO", "Strom", "strong". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stroh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stroh" is [ʃtʁoː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stroh" come from?
"Stroh" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list