stratus
/ˈstɹeɪ.təs/
"stratus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stratus” is uncommon English (frequency #59,050 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,050
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform lu...
Corpus desk
Index EN-stratus · stratus · English
stratus · rank #59,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,050
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH strappy
Nearest frequency peer: strappy (-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 “stratus”
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 “stratus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stratus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹeɪ.təs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stratus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stratus is uncommon English at frequency #59,050 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɹeɪ.təs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform lu...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stratus, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós Proto-Italic *strātos Latin stratuslbor. English stratus Borrowed from Latin stratus. Doublet of strath. The correct English form is stratus, spelled S-T-R-A-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós Proto-Italic *strātos Latin stratuslbor. English stratus Borrowed from Latin stratus. Doublet of strath.
This word in other languages
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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