strobe
/stɹoʊb/noun, verb
strobe is spelled S-T-R-O-B-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strobe means “A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strobe is strobes.
How many letters and syllables are in strobe?
| Letters | 6: S-T-R-O-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is strobe?
Strobe appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce strobe?
- UK /stɹəʊb/
- US /stɹoʊb/
Strobe has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-strobe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with strobe?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as strobe from its last stressed vowel (/oʊb/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sorbet, boster.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of strobe
- strobes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- strobing participle, present
- strobed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strobe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light.
- 2
An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read.
a memory strobe; a data strobe
verb
- 1
To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strobe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stroboscope |
| Spanish | lámpara estroboscópica , señal estroboscópica , estroboscopiar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does strobe come from?
Shortening of stroboscope.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).