strikeout
/stɹaɪːkæʊt/
"strikeout" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strikeout” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,588
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An instance or the act of yielding nothing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strikeout |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɹaɪːkæʊt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strikeout” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around strikeout (IPA /stɹaɪːkæʊt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,588 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for strikeout, with forms such as "srtikeout", "sstrikeout", and "stirkeout". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from strike out. The correct English form is strikeout, spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1An instance or the act of yielding nothing.
- 2An instance or the act of striking out.
- 3Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
Etymology
Deverbal from strike out.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtikeout
- sstrikeout
- stirkeout
- striekout
- strikeotu
- strikeoutt
- strikeuot
- strikkeout
- strikoeut
- strkieout
- strrikeout
- sttrikeout
- tsrikeout
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strikeout - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “strikeout”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-K-E-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /stɹaɪːkæʊt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.