strop
/stɹɒp/
"strop" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strop” is uncommon English (frequency #73,665 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,665
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɹɒp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
strop is uncommon English at frequency #73,665 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /stɹɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
strop doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842. The correct English form is strop, spelled S-T-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
- 2A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
Etymology
Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.
This word in other languages
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 “strop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /stɹɒp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.