struck

/[ˈstɹʌk]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,031

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

struck is aGermanverb. It means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs strike Pronounced [ˈstɹʌk]. Often confused with Stück and Stücke.

Key facts for struck
PropertyValue
Headwordstruck
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈstɹʌk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,031
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for struck is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈstɹʌk]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,031 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs strike".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for struck, with forms such as "srtuck", "sstruck", and "strcuk". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Stück", "Stücke", "Stücks", 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 struck, spelled S-T-R-U-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs strike

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: srtuck,sstruck,strcuk,strruck,strucck,struckk,strukc,sttruck,sturck,tsruck

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for struck

Misspelling Variants of "struck"

srtuck6sstruck7strcuk6strruck7strucck7struckk7strukc6sttruck7
Misspelling Variants of "struck"

Frequency rank: #47,031 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "struck"?
"struck" is spelled S-T-R-U-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈstɹʌk].
What does "struck" mean?
As a verb, "struck" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs strike
What words are commonly confused with "struck"?
"struck" is commonly confused with "Stück", "Stücke", "Stücks". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "struck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "struck" is [ˈstɹʌk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "struck" come from?
"struck" 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.