stridor
/ˈstɹaɪdɚ/
"stridor" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stridor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stridor · stridor · English
stridor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stridor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹaɪdɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stridor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stridor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɹaɪdɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
stridor has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin strīdor (“shrill or harsh sound”), from strīdō (“make a shrill or harsh sound”). The correct English form is stridor, spelled S-T-R-I-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1A harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.
- 2A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stridor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But when the tilted plank let slide its freight into the sea, a second strange human murmur was heard, blended now with another inarticulate sound proceeding from certain larger sea-fowl, whose attention having been attracted by the peculiar commotion in the water resulting from the heavy sloped dive of the shotted hammock into the sea, flew screaming to…
Her breath-holding increased in duration to almost a minute; her expirations became complicated by stridor, forced retching, and forced phonations ('Oouuggh!').
Etymology
From Latin strīdor (“shrill or harsh sound”), from strīdō (“make a shrill or harsh sound”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.