strappy
/ˈstɹapi/
"strappy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strappy” is uncommon English (frequency #59,049 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,049
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or characterized by straps.
Corpus desk
Index EN-strappy · strappy · English
strappy · rank #59,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,049
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Storrs
Nearest frequency peer: Storrs (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “strappy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stillbirth
stillbirth
40,955 corpus weight
- Storrs
Storrs
40,953 corpus weight
- strappy
strappy
40,952 corpus weight
- stratus
stratus
40,951 corpus weight
- stressor
stressor
40,950 corpus weight
- striatum
striatum
40,949 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “strappy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strappy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstɹapi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “strappy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
strappy is uncommon English at frequency #59,049 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈstɹapi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or characterized by straps.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for strappy in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From strap + -y. The correct English form is strappy, spelled S-T-R-A-P-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or characterized by straps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strappy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Looking luminous in a yellow, strappy Cavalli dress with her sun-kissed hair cascading down her back, the pop star-turned-actress demands that the reporter shake her groove thing like Beyonce does in her hit video "Crazy in Love."
The click-click-click of strappy stilettos has given way to the clomp-clomp-clomp of platforms and wedges on the Milan catwalk.
Etymology
From strap + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).