Strudel
[ˈʃtʁuːdl̩]
The verdict
“Strudel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,309
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (kleiner) Wasserwirbel
Corpus desk
Index DE-strudel · Strudel · German
Strudel · rank #30,309 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,309
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stroms
Nearest frequency peer: Stroms (-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 „Strudel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Stockwerken
Stockwerken
69,695 corpus weight
- straf
straf
69,694 corpus weight
- Stroms
Stroms
69,693 corpus weight
- Strudel
Strudel
69,692 corpus weight
- stumme
stumme
69,691 corpus weight
- StVO
StVO
69,690 corpus weight
What this shows „Strudel“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strudel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁuːdl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Strudel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Strudel (IPA [ˈʃtʁuːdl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,309 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strudel, with forms such as "srtudel", "sstrudel", and "strduel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Skrupel", "Stauden", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Strudel, spelled S-T-R-U-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1(kleiner) Wasserwirbel
- 2gefüllte Teigspeise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strudel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch den Strudel wurde das Boot in die Tiefe gezogen.
„Wie benommen waren die Deutschen aus den kataklysmischen Strudeln des Krieges aufgetaucht, taub noch von den Explosionsgeräuschen der Fliegerbomben und Artilleriegranaten, abgestumpft durch die Tristesse der Umstände, erschöpft von der schieren Mühsal des Überlebens.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtudel
- sstrudel
- strduel
- strrudel
- struddel
- strudell
- strudle
- struedl
- sttrudel
- sturdel
- tsrudel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strudel - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strudel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).