striptease
/ˈstɹɪpˌtiz/
"striptease" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“striptease” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,925
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | striptease |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹɪpˌtiz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “striptease” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around striptease (IPA /ˈstɹɪpˌtiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,925 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for striptease, with forms such as "srtiptease", "sstriptease", and "stirptease". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From strip + tease. The correct English form is striptease, spelled S-T-R-I-P-T-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.
Etymology
From strip + tease.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srtiptease,sstriptease,stirptease,stripetase,stripptease,striptaese,stripteaes,stripteasse,striptesae,stripttease,stritpease,strpitease,strriptease,sttriptease,tsriptease
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of striptease - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “striptease”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-P-T-E-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈstɹɪpˌtiz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.