strip
/stɹɪp/
"strip" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strip” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,911 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,911
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strip |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɹɪp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strip” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for strip is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /stɹɪp/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,911 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for strip, with forms such as "srtip", "sstrip", and "stirp". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Syria", "syrup", "stump", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”). The correct English form is strip, spelled S-T-R-I-P.
Definition
- 1A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- 2A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- 3A comic strip.
- 4A landing strip.
- 5A strip steak.
- 6A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- 7The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- 8The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- 9A trough for washing ore.
- 10The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- 11A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- 12An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- 13A strip club.
Etymology
From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srtip,sstrip,stirp,stripp,strpi,strrip,sttrip,tsrip
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strip - 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 “strip”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /stɹɪp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Syria” - see the side-by-side comparison. strip vs Syria
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.