# strobe

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɹəʊb/ · frequency rank #37,711

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Shortening of stroboscope.

## Easily confused with
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-strong)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-stroke)
- **stroll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-stroll)
- **strode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-strode)
- **Stroud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-stroud)
- **strove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-strove)
- **strokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-strokes)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-strobe)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stone-vs-strobe)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stole-vs-strobe)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoke-vs-strobe)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stove-vs-strobe)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-strobe)
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strike-vs-strobe)
- **strive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strive-vs-strobe)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stripe-vs-strobe)
- **stride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strobe)
- **strife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strife-vs-strobe)
- **scribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scribe-vs-strobe)
- **stooge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stooge-vs-strobe)

## Common misspellings (9)
`srtobe`, `sstrobe`, `storbe`, `strboe`, `strobbe`, `stroeb`, `strrobe`, `sttrobe`, `tsrobe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/strobe