strake
/ˈstɹeɪk/noun
strake is spelled S-T-R-A-K-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strake means “A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strake is strakes.
How many letters and syllables are in strake?
| Letters | 6: S-T-R-A-K-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is strake?
Strake appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce strake?
- /ˈstɹeɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-strake.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with strake?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as strake.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: streak, skater, tasker, staker.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of strake
- strakes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- straking participle, present
- straked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strake mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicAn iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.
- 2
A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
- 3
Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes.
- 4
A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
- 5
A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
- 6
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
- 7
obsoleteA streak.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo stretch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strake in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does strake come from?
From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca (> Anglo-Latin straca), from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”). Akin to Old English streċċan (“to make straight, stretch”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).