# stricken

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɹɪkən/ · frequency rank #14,642

## Definitions
1. Struck by something.
2. Disabled or incapacitated by something.
3. Disabled or incapacitated by something.

## Etymology
From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.

## Easily confused with
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stricken-vs-strike)
- **strikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stricken-vs-strikes)
- **striker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stricken-vs-striker)
- **stricter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stricken-vs-stricter)
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stricken)

## Common misspellings (13)
`srticken`, `sstricken`, `stircken`, `strciken`, `striccken`, `stricekn`, `strickenn`, `strickken`, `strickne`, `strikcen`, `strricken`, `sttricken`, `tsricken`

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