strip off
"strip-off" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strip off” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strip off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strip off” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for strip off is 9 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strip off, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is strip off, spelled S-T-R-I-P- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
- 2To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).
- 3To be removed by stripping.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “strip off”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-P- -O-F-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.