# Straus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,395

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
Variant of Strauss.

## Easily confused with
- **straw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-straw)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-stray)
- **strut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-strut)
- **stress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-stress)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-strips)
- **stylus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-stylus)
- **Stroud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-stroud)
- **streams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-streams)
- **Strauss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-strauss)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stars-vs-straus)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stats-vs-straus)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-straus)
- **strap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-straus)
- **strat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strat-vs-straus)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-straus)
- **strain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strain-vs-straus)
- **steals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steals-vs-straus)
- **strand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strand-vs-straus)
- **strait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strait-vs-straus)
- **scraps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraps-vs-straus)

## Common misspellings (8)
`srtaus`, `sstraus`, `starus`, `strasu`, `strraus`, `struas`, `sttraus`, `tsraus`

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