Sturz

/[ʃtʊʁt͡s]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,978

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Sturz is aGermannoun. It means: heftiger Fall auf den Boden oder in die Tiefe Pronounced [ʃtʊʁt͡s]. It ranks #6,978 in German word frequency. Often confused with sur and Sure.

Key facts for Sturz
PropertyValue
HeadwordSturz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtʊʁt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,978
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sturz is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtʊʁt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,978 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sturz, with forms such as "ssturz", "struz", and "stturz". 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, "sur", "Sure", "surf", 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 Sturz, spelled S-T-U-R-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    heftiger Fall auf den Boden oder in die Tiefe
  2. 2
    erzwungener Rücktritt von einem Amt
  3. 3
    plötzliches, heftiges Absinken
  4. 4
    ein tragendes Konstruktionselement über Türen, Fenstern oder sonstigen Maueröffnungen
  5. 5
    herausragender Baumstumpf

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ssturz,struz,stturz,sturrz,sturzz,stuzr,sutrz,tsurz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sturz

Misspelling Variants of "Sturz"

ssturz6struz5stturz6sturrz6sturzz6stuzr5sutrz5tsurz5
Misspelling Variants of "Sturz"

Frequency rank: #6,978 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sturz"?
"Sturz" is spelled S-T-U-R-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʊʁt͡s].
What does "Sturz" mean?
As a noun, "Sturz" means: heftiger Fall auf den Boden oder in die Tiefe
What words are commonly confused with "Sturz"?
"Sturz" is commonly confused with "sur", "Sure", "surf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sturz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sturz" is [ʃtʊʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sturz" come from?
"Sturz" 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.