strawberry
/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/
"strawberry" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strawberry” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #10,941 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,941
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strawberry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strawberry” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for strawberry is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,941 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for strawberry, with forms such as "srtawberry", "sstrawberry", and "starwberry". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English str… The correct English form is strawberry, spelled S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
- 2Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
- 3The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)
- 4A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.
- 5Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).
- 6A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.
- 7A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawbery English strawberry From Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on stalk-like runners, compare Norwegian stråbær (“European cranberry”, which grows in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk (because wild strawberries melt quickly when gathered in a bucket).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srtawberry,sstrawberry,starwberry,strabwerry,strawbberry,strawberryy,strawbery,strawberyr,strawbrery,strawebrry,strawwberry,strrawberry,strwaberry,sttrawberry,tsrawberry
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strawberry - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “strawberry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.