oblique stroke
"oblique-stroke" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oblique stroke” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oblique-stroke · oblique stroke · English
oblique stroke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | oblique stroke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oblique stroke” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oblique stroke is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oblique stroke, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: A clarification of the intended sense of oblique. The correct English form is oblique stroke, spelled O-B-L-I-Q-U-E- -S-T-R-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oblique stroke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The oblique, short for oblique stroke or line, is written /, originally the French way of writing or printing a comma.
They are normally in the form "Case 79/87", in which the two digits after the oblique stroke (slash) indicate the year.
Etymology
A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.
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.