# Straits

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,968

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of the Straits Settlements, a former British colony along the Strait of Malacca.
2. Ellipsis of Dire Straits, a British rock band.

## Easily confused with
- **strat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straits-vs-strat)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straits-vs-strips)
- **strata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straits-vs-strata)
- **Straus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straits-vs-straus)
- **streets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straits-vs-streets)
- **Strauss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straits-vs-strauss)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stats-vs-straits)
- **strain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strain-vs-straits)
- **stairs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stairs-vs-straits)
- **strait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strait-vs-straits)
- **Stains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-straits)

## Common misspellings (11)
`srtaits`, `sstraits`, `starits`, `straist`, `straitss`, `straitts`, `stratis`, `striats`, `strraits`, `sttraits`, `tsraits`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/straits