# Stroud

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /stɹaʊd/ · frequency rank #34,305

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8505).
3. A local government district of Gloucestershire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters near the town.
4. A village and civil parish west of Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7223).
5. A town in MidCoast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
6. A city in Creek County and Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States.
7. A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.
8. A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

## Etymology
The English town is named as La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". The original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood.

## Easily confused with
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroud-vs-stud)
- **strut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroud-vs-strut)
- **strove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroud-vs-strove)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stroud)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stout-vs-stroud)
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strong-vs-stroud)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroke-vs-stroud)
- **strand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strand-vs-stroud)
- **stroll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroll-vs-stroud)
- **shroud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shroud-vs-stroud)
- **sprout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprout-vs-stroud)
- **strode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strode-vs-stroud)
- **strobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strobe-vs-stroud)
- **Straus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straus-vs-stroud)
- **steroid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steroid-vs-stroud)

## Common misspellings (9)
`srtoud`, `sstroud`, `storud`, `strodu`, `stroudd`, `strroud`, `struod`, `sttroud`, `tsroud`

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