# strawberry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ · frequency rank #10,941

## Definitions
1. The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
2. Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
3. The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)
4. A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.
5. Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).
6. A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.
7. A 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).

## Common misspellings (15)
`srtawberry`, `sstrawberry`, `starwberry`, `strabwerry`, `strawbberry`, `strawberryy`, `strawbery`, `strawberyr`, `strawbrery`, `strawebrry`, `strawwberry`, `strrawberry`, `strwaberry`, `sttrawberry`, `tsrawberry`

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