stripey

adj

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

The verdict

“stripey” is uncommon English (frequency #95,462 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,462
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of stripy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stripey · stripey · English

stripey · rank #95,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,462
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sublimate

Nearest frequency peer: sublimate (+6 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 “stripey”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “stripey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stripey
PropertyValue
Headwordstripey
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stripey” in English

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).stripeyfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “sublimate” (#95,468), “stenting” (#95,451), “superfluid” (#95,473). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stripey” is #95,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stripey is uncommon English at frequency #95,462 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of stripy.".

No misspelling variants are generated for stripey in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From stripe + -y. The correct English form is stripey, spelled S-T-R-I-P-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of stripy.

Etymology

From stripe + -y.

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 "stripey"?
"stripey" is spelled S-T-R-I-P-E-Y.
What does "stripey" mean?
As an adjective, "stripey" means: Alternative spelling of stripy.
What is the origin of the word "stripey"?
From stripe + -y. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Taconic#95,485Southam#95,436Tancred#95,491Tanjore#95,492

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list