Strahl
\ʃtʁaːl\
The verdict
“Strahl” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rayon (de soleil, par exemple) ; faisceau (dans le même sens).
Corpus desk
Index FR-strahl · Strahl · French
Strahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strahl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃtʁaːl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Strahl is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃtʁaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Strahlen der Sonne.
Wäre der ausfließende Strahl zylindrisch, so könnte man das pro Zeitspanne ausgeflossene Flüssigkeitsvolumen leicht berechnen, indem man die Ausflussgeschwindigkeit mit der Fläche der Öffnung multipliziert. Der Strahl ist im Bereich der Ausflussöffnung zylindrisch, wenn die Ausflussöffnung zylindrisch ist.
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.