Todesstrafe
[ˈtoːdəsˌʃtʁaːfə]
The verdict
“Todesstrafe” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,797 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,797
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gesetzlich legitimierte Tötung eines Menschen als Strafe für ein Verbrechen, dessen er für schuldig befunden wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Todesstrafe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːdəsˌʃtʁaːfə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Todesstrafe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Todesstrafe is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtoːdəsˌʃtʁaːfə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,797 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gesetzlich legitimierte Tötung eines Menschen als Strafe für ein Verbrechen, dessen er für schuldig befunden wurde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Todesstrafe, with forms such as "otdesstrafe", "tdoesstrafe", and "toddesstrafe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Todesstrafe, spelled T-O-D-E-S-S-T-R-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1gesetzlich legitimierte Tötung eines Menschen als Strafe für ein Verbrechen, dessen er für schuldig befunden wurde
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otdesstrafe,tdoesstrafe,toddesstrafe,todessrtafe,todesstarfe,todesstraef,todesstraffe,todesstrfae,todesstrrafe,todessttrafe,todestrafe,todestsrafe,todeßtrafe,todsestrafe,toedsstrafe,ttodesstrafe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Todesstrafe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Todesstrafe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-D-E-S-S-T-R-A-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtoːdəsˌʃtʁaːfə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.