Strom

/[ʃtʁoːm]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,713

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Strom is aGermannoun. It means: allgemein eine Menge (Informationen, Menschen, Teilchen, Wasser), die sich fließend in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegt Pronounced [ʃtʁoːm]. It ranks #1,713 in German word frequency. Often confused with StVO and Sturm.

Key facts for Strom
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrom
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtʁoːm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,713
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Strom in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Strom is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtʁoːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,713 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Strom, with forms such as "srtom", "sstrom", and "strmo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "StVO", "Sturm", "stumm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Strom, spelled S-T-R-O-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    allgemein eine Menge (Informationen, Menschen, Teilchen, Wasser), die sich fließend in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegt
  2. 2
    großes, fließendes Gewässer in Form eines Flusses
  3. 3
    elektrischer Strom – sich in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegende Ladungsträger
  4. 4
    elektrischer Strom, im Sinne von elektrisch transportierter Energie

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: srtom,sstrom,strmo,stromm,strrom,sttrom,tsrom

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Strom

Misspelling Variants of "Strom"

srtom5sstrom6strmo5stromm6strrom6sttrom6tsrom5
Misspelling Variants of "Strom"

Frequency rank: #1,713 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Strom"?
"Strom" is spelled S-T-R-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁoːm].
What does "Strom" mean?
As a noun, "Strom" means: allgemein eine Menge (Informationen, Menschen, Teilchen, Wasser), die sich fließend in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegt
What words are commonly confused with "Strom"?
"Strom" is commonly confused with "StVO", "Sturm", "stumm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Strom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strom" is [ʃtʁoːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strom" come from?
"Strom" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.