Strasbourg

Name: Strasbourg, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/

//ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Strasbourg” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,115
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Strasbourg vs Strasburg

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Strasbourg
Property	Value
Headword	Strasbourg
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	/ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#23,115
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Strasbourg” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Strasbourg lands here:

#23,115

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Strasbourg (IPA /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,115 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strasbourg, with forms such as "srtasbourg", "sstrasbourg", and "starsbourg". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Strasburg", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”). The correct English form is Strasbourg, spelled S-T-R-A-S-B-O-U-R-G.

Definition

1
The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.
2
The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.
3
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Etymology

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).

This word in other languages

Estrasburgo(Español)Strasbourg(Français)Straßburg(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

srtasbourg
sstrasbourg
starsbourg
strabsourg
strasbbourg
strasborug
strasbougr
strasbourgg
strasbourrg
strasbuorg
strasoburg
strassbourg
strrasbourg
strsabourg
sttrasbourg
tsrasbourg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strasbourg - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Strasbourg"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Strasbourg"?

"Strasbourg" is spelled S-T-R-A-S-B-O-U-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/.

What does "Strasbourg" mean?

As a proper noun, "Strasbourg" means: The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points...

What words are commonly confused with "Strasbourg"?

"Strasbourg" is commonly confused with "Strasburg". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Strasbourg"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strasbourg" is /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Strasbourg"?

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Strasbourg”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-A-S-B-O-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “Strasburg” - see the side-by-side comparison. Strasbourg vs Strasburg
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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.