# stride

> English word · Verb · IPA /stɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #16,592

## Definitions
1. To walk with long steps.
2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
3. To pass over at a step; to step over.
4. To straddle; to bestride.

## Etymology
From Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Cognate with Low German striden (“to fight, to stride”), Dutch strijden (“to fight”), German streiten (“to fight, to quarrel”).

## Easily confused with
- **strip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strip)
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strike)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-string)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-stroke)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strips)
- **strive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strive)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-stripe)
- **strife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strife)
- **strode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strode)
- **strobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strobe)
- **strove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strove)
- **strikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strikes)
- **striker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-striker)
- **stripes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-stripes)
- **striped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-striped)
- **strides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strides)
- **strident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strident)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/side-vs-stride)
- **slide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-stride)
- **serie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serie-vs-stride)

## Common misspellings (9)
`srtide`, `sstride`, `stirde`, `strdie`, `stridde`, `stried`, `strride`, `sttride`, `tsride`

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