strudel
/ˈstɹuːdəl/noun
strudel is spelled S-T-R-U-D-E-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strudel means “A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strudel is strudels.
How many letters and syllables are in strudel?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-U-D-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is strudel?
Strudel appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce strudel?
- /ˈstɹuːdəl/
Strudel has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-strudel.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of strudel
- strudels plural
- shtrudel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strudel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.
- 2
slangSynonym of at sign (@).
- 3
A vertical hole in sea ice through which downward jet-like, buoyancy-driven drainage of flood water is thought to occur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strudel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense layered pastry:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does strudel come from?
Borrowed from German Strudel (“whirlpool, strudel”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).