strived
/ˈstɹaɪvd/
"strived" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strived” is uncommon English (frequency #55,122 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,122
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of strive
Corpus desk
Index EN-strived · strived · English
strived · rank #55,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,122
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stooping
Nearest frequency peer: stooping (-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 “strived”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sten
Sten
44,882 corpus weight
- stents
stents
44,881 corpus weight
- stooping
stooping
44,880 corpus weight
- strived
strived
44,879 corpus weight
- sty
sty
44,878 corpus weight
- subjugate
subjugate
44,877 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “strived” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strived |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈstɹaɪvd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “strived” in English
Rare enough to double-check
strived is uncommon English at frequency #55,122 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈstɹaɪvd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of strive".
strived doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is strived, spelled S-T-R-I-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of strive
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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