strolled
/stɹoʊld/
"strolled" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strolled” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #35,099 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #35,099
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of stroll
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strolled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /stɹoʊld/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strolled” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for strolled is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /stɹoʊld/. Corpus data places it at rank #35,099 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of stroll".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for strolled, with forms such as "srtolled", "sstrolled", and "storlled". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "stroller", "stroll", "scrolled", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is strolled, spelled S-T-R-O-L-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of stroll
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srtolled,sstrolled,storlled,strloled,stroled,stroleld,strollde,strolledd,strrolled,sttrolled,tsrolled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strolled - 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 “strolled”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-O-L-L-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /stɹoʊld/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “stroller” - see the side-by-side comparison. strolled vs stroller
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.