Strumpf
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#44,259
in German word usage
Misspellings
12
tracked variants
Confusables
3
similar word pairs
Strumpf is aGermannoun. It means: gewirktes oder gestricktes, einteiliges, hüllenartiges Bekleidungsstück, das über den Fuß und teilweise oder ganz über das Bein nach oben gezogen wird Pronounced [ʃtʁʊmp͡f]. Often confused with Sumpf and stumpf.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strumpf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁʊmp͡f] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Strumpf is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtʁʊmp͡f]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,259 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Strumpf, with forms such as "srtumpf", "sstrumpf", and "strmupf". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Sumpf", "stumpf", "Strümpfe", 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 Strumpf, spelled S-T-R-U-M-P-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1gewirktes oder gestricktes, einteiliges, hüllenartiges Bekleidungsstück, das über den Fuß und teilweise oder ganz über das Bein nach oben gezogen wird
- 2in einer Glühlampe befindlicher, aus einem in einer Lösung getränkten Gewebe bestehender Glühkörper, der durch eine Gasflamme zum Leuchten angeregt wird
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srtumpf,sstrumpf,strmupf,strrumpf,strumfp,strummpf,strumpff,strumppf,strupmf,sttrumpf,sturmpf,tsrumpf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "Strumpf"
Frequency rank: #44,259 in German
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