strider

noun

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"strider" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“strider” is uncommon English (frequency #53,282 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,282
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who strides.

Corpus desk

Index EN-strider · strider · English

strider · rank #53,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,282
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH supplication

Nearest frequency peer: supplication (+2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “strider”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “strider” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for strider
PropertyValue
Headwordstrider
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “strider” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).striderfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “supplication” (#53,284), “Swayze” (#53,285), “Sylvania” (#53,286). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “strider” is #53,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

strider is uncommon English at frequency #53,282 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strider, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From stride + -er. Compare Dutch strijder (“fighter”). The correct English form is strider, spelled S-T-R-I-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who strides.
  2. 2
    A water strider.

Etymology

From stride + -er. Compare Dutch strijder (“fighter”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "strider"?
"strider" is spelled S-T-R-I-D-E-R.
What does "strider" mean?
As a noun, "strider" means: One who strides.
What is the origin of the word "strider"?
From stride + -er. Compare Dutch strijder (“fighter”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "strider", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soapbox#53,267skelter#53,256skeeter#53,255trundle#53,312

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list