Strahl
\ʃtʁaːl\
The verdict
“Strahl” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rayon (de soleil, par exemple) ; faisceau (dans le même sens).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strahl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃtʁaːl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Strahl” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Strahl is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃtʁaːl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Strahl, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Strahl, spelled S-T-R-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Rayon (de soleil, par exemple) ; faisceau (dans le même sens).
- 2Jet d’un fluide (liquide ou gaz), pouvant aussi contenir des particules.
- 3Demi-droite.
- 4Cristal de roche ou tout autre spécimen de cristal trouvé dans la nature.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Strahl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-R-A-H-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃtʁaːl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.