Striping or stripping?
striping is a noun meaning “A pattern of stripes”; stripping is a noun meaning “The act of one who strips”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) stripping is about 11 times as common as striping.
What is the difference between striping and stripping?
| striping | stripping | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | A pattern of stripes | The act of one who strips A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | stripings | strippings |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstɹaɪpɪŋ/ | not recorded |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words | 3.3 times per million words |
Sources: striping and stripping in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of striping and stripping
striping
- 1
A pattern of stripes
stripping
- 1
The act of one who strips
- 2
A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream
- 3
The practice of stroking and compressing the teats or a cow to draw out the last of the milk
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, striping or stripping?
striping appears about once in every 3 million words; stripping 3.3 times per million words.
striping about once in every 3 million wordsstripping 3.3 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).