# strut vs sturt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### strut
*verb · IPA /stɹʌt/ · frequency rank #23,692*
Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

### sturt
*noun · IPA /stɜː(ɹ)t/ · frequency rank #45,104*
In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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