Strasburg

name

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"strasburg" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Strasburg” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,680
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Strasburg vs Strasbourg
90% similar

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

Key facts for Strasburg
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrasburg
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,680
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Strasburg” 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). Strasburg lands here:

#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 15 spelling variants around Strasburg, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,680 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Strasburg, with forms such as "srtasburg", "sstrasburg", and "starsburg". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Strasbourg", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Strasburg, spelled S-T-R-A-S-B-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Adams County and Arapahoe County, Colorado.
  3. 3
    A village in Shelby County, Illinois.
  4. 4
    A tiny city in Cass County, Missouri.
  5. 5
    A tiny city in Emmons County, North Dakota.
  6. 6
    A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  7. 7
    A borough and township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, named after Strasbourg, France.
  8. 8
    A town in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
  9. 9
    Obsolete form of Strasbourg (“French city”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtasburg
  • sstrasburg
  • starsburg
  • strabsurg
  • strasbburg
  • strasbrug
  • strasbugr
  • strasburgg
  • strasburrg
  • strassburg
  • strasubrg
  • strrasburg
  • strsaburg
  • sttrasburg
  • tsrasburg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Strasburg - 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.

srtasburg2sstrasburg1starsburg2strabsurg2strasbburg1strasbrug2strasbugr2strasburgg1
Edit distance from "Strasburg"

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 "Strasburg"?
"Strasburg" is spelled S-T-R-A-S-B-U-R-G.
What does "Strasburg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Strasburg" means: A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
What words are commonly confused with "Strasburg"?
"Strasburg" is commonly confused with "Strasbourg". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Strasburg" come from?
"Strasburg" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Strasburg”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-A-S-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “Strasbourg” - see the side-by-side comparison. Strasburg vs Strasbourg
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list