strings

/stɹɪŋz/

//stɹɪŋz// noun

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

The verdict

“strings” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,744
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of string

Corpus desk

Index EN-strings · strings · English

strings · rank #6,744 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH strengthen

Nearest frequency peer: strengthen (-1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “strings”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “strings” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

strings vs strong
71% similar
strings vs strips
71% similar
strings vs swings
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for strings
PropertyValue
Headwordstrings
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/stɹɪŋz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,744
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “strings”

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).stringslands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “strengthen” (#6,743), “sunset” (#6,745), “sponsor” (#6,742). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “strings” is #6,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around strings (IPA /stɹɪŋz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,744 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of string".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for strings, with forms such as "srtings", "sstrings", and "stirngs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "strong", "strips", "swings", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is strings, spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of string

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtings
  • sstrings
  • stirngs
  • strigns
  • stringgs
  • stringss
  • strinngs
  • strinsg
  • strnigs
  • strrings
  • sttrings
  • tsrings

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strings - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

srtings2sstrings1stirngs2strigns2stringgs1stringss1strinngs1strinsg2
Edit distance from "strings"

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 "strings"?
"strings" is spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is /stɹɪŋz/.
What does "strings" mean?
As a noun, "strings" means: plural of string
What words are commonly confused with "strings"?
"strings" is commonly confused with "strong", "strips", "swings". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strings" is /stɹɪŋz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strings" come from?
"strings" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sponsor#6,742thermal#6,749yelling#6,754shallow#6,733

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

witnessed12 variantsshanghai12 variantsresigned12 variantsimmigrant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list