stringy
/ˈstɹɪŋi/
"stringy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stringy” is uncommon English (frequency #52,023 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,023
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stringy · stringy · English
stringy · rank #52,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,023
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Strabo
Nearest frequency peer: Strabo (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “stringy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Stanislaus
Stanislaus
47,981 corpus weight
- stealer
stealer
47,980 corpus weight
- Strabo
Strabo
47,979 corpus weight
- stringy
stringy
47,978 corpus weight
- struct
struct
47,977 corpus weight
- subsonic
subsonic
47,974 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stringy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stringy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstɹɪŋi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stringy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stringy is uncommon English at frequency #52,023 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈstɹɪŋi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
stringy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From string + -y. The correct English form is stringy, spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
- 2Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
- 3Wiry, lean, scrawny.
- 4Resembling or involving text strings.
- 5Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stringy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The meat was quite stringy.
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
Etymology
From string + -y.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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