Sturm
\ʃtʊʁm\
The verdict
“Sturm” is uncommon French (frequency #56,291 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,291
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tempête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sturm · Sturm · French
Sturm · rank #56,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,291
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stupéfaits
Nearest frequency peer: stupéfaits (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Sturm »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- stardust
stardust
43,713 corpus weight
- STMG
STMG
43,712 corpus weight
- stupéfaits
stupéfaits
43,711 corpus weight
- Sturm
Sturm
43,710 corpus weight
- superficiel…
superficiellement
43,709 corpus weight
- supprimera
supprimera
43,708 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sturm » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sturm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃtʊʁm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sturm » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sturm is uncommon French at frequency #56,291 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃtʊʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sturm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Sturm, spelled S-T-U-R-M.
Definition
- 1Tempête.
- 2Attaque, assaut.
- 3Attaque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sturm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Sturm ist ein Wind der Stärke 9 bis 11 auf der Beaufort-Skala.
Für den Sturm aufs Kapitol am 6. Januar 2021 macht er die Antifa verantwortlich. Den Hinweis, dass es sich erkennbar um einen von Trump angestachelten Mob gehandelt habe, kontert er mit der Bemerkung, es habe sich um Linke gehandelt, die sich als Trump-Anhänger getarnt hätten.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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