striated
/stɹaɪˈeɪtɪd/
"striated" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“striated” is uncommon English (frequency #60,493 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,493
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having parallel lines or grooves on the surface.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | striated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /stɹaɪˈeɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “striated” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
striated is uncommon English at frequency #60,493 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /stɹaɪˈeɪtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having parallel lines or grooves on the surface.".
striated doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is striated, spelled S-T-R-I-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having parallel lines or grooves on the surface.
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 “striated”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-A-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.