stroll

Name: stroll, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/stɹəʊl/

//stɹəʊl// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“stroll” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,232
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stroll · stroll · English

stroll · rank #14,232 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,232
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH striped

Nearest frequency peer: striped (-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.

stash

85,774
Stephens

85,773
stimulating

85,772
striped

85,770
stroll

85,769
swiftly

85,768

What this shows “stroll” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stroll vs strong

67% similar

stroll vs Stroud

50% similar

stroll vs strove

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stroll
Property	Value
Headword	stroll
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/stɹəʊl/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#14,232
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	15
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stroll”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).strolllands here:

#14,232

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “striped” (#14,231), “swiftly” (#14,233), “stimulating” (#14,229). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stroll” is #14,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stroll (IPA /stɹəʊl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,232 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stroll, with forms such as "srtoll", "sstroll", and "storll". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "strong", "Stroud", "strove", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”). The correct English form is stroll, spelled S-T-R-O-L-L.

Definition

1
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
2
A dance of the 1950s in which dancers leisurely stepped, cross-stepped, and dipped at the knee to the beat of the music.

Etymology

Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”).

This word in other languages

paseo(Español)promenade(Français)Spaziergang(Deutsch)passeio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

srtoll
sstroll
storll
strlol
strol
strroll
sttroll
tsroll

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stroll - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "stroll"

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 "stroll"?

"stroll" is spelled S-T-R-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is /stɹəʊl/.

What does "stroll" mean?

As a noun, "stroll" means: A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.

What words are commonly confused with "stroll"?

"stroll" is commonly confused with "strong", "Stroud", "strove". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "stroll"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stroll" is /stɹəʊl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "stroll"?

Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”). 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 "stroll", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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