strikethrough
/ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/noun
strikethrough is spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-T-H-R-O-U-G-H: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strikethrough means “An horizontal line overlaid on other characters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strikethrough is strikethroughs.
How many letters and syllables are in strikethrough?
| Letters | 13: S-T-R-I-K-E-T-H-R-O-U-G-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is strikethrough?
Strikethrough appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce strikethrough?
- /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of strikethrough
- strikethroughs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strikethrough mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An horizontal line overlaid on other characters.
In HTML, wrapping text with the code <del> and </del> produces a strikethrough.
- 2
A horizontal or oblique line overlaid on individual characters.
(oblique)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strikethrough in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense line:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | biffure |
| German | Durchstreichen |
| Portuguese | riscar |
| Spanish | tachadura, tachón, tache, plumazo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does strikethrough come from?
Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).