strong

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The verdict

“strong” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,073
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-strong · strong · German

strong · rank #20,073 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,073
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stromnetz

Nearest frequency peer: Stromnetz (-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 „strong“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „strong“ 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).

strong vs strunz
67% similar
strong vs TO
0% similar
strong vs video
0% similar

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

Key facts for strong
PropertyValue
Headwordstrong
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,073
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „strong“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.strongliegt 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: „Stromnetz“ (#20,072), „strukturellen“ (#20,074), „Stricken“ (#20,071). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „strong“ bei #20,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around strong (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,073 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "stark".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for strong, with forms such as "srtong", "sstrong", and "storng". 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, "strunz", "TO", "video", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 strong, spelled S-T-R-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    stark

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. My brother is very strong.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtong
  • sstrong
  • storng
  • strnog
  • strogn
  • strongg
  • stronng
  • strrong
  • sttrong
  • tsrong

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strong - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

srtong2sstrong1storng2strnog2strogn2strongg1stronng1strrong1
Edit distance from "strong"

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 "strong"?
"strong" is spelled S-T-R-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "strong" mean?
As an adjective, "strong" means: stark
What words are commonly confused with "strong"?
"strong" is commonly confused with "strunz", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strong" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strong" come from?
"strong" 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 "strong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Umwege#20,097Resort#20,037Parfüm#20,020Nippel#20,016

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Taucher10 variantssilicon10 variantsTrauung10 variantsPerücke10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list