strikeforce

Name: strikeforce, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“strikeforce” is uncommon English (frequency #74,541 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,541
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.

Key facts for strikeforce
Property	Value
Headword	strikeforce
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#74,541
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “strikeforce” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). strikeforce lands here:

#74,541

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

strikeforce is uncommon English at frequency #74,541 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for strikeforce in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From strike + force. The correct English form is strikeforce, spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-F-O-R-C-E.

Definition

1
A group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.
2
Collectively, the strikers in a team.

Etymology

From strike + force.

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 "strikeforce"?

"strikeforce" is spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-F-O-R-C-E.

What does "strikeforce" mean?

As a noun, "strikeforce" means: A group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.

What is the origin of the word "strikeforce"?

From strike + force. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “strikeforce”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-K-E-F-O-R-C-E - 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.