# strove

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɹɔʊv/ · frequency rank #43,398

## Definitions
1. simple past of strive
2. past participle of strive

## Easily confused with
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-strove)
- **serve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serve-vs-strove)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stone-vs-strove)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steve-vs-strove)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stole-vs-strove)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoke-vs-strove)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stove-vs-strove)
- **shove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shove-vs-strove)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stave-vs-strove)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-strove)
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strong-vs-strove)
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strike-vs-strove)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroke-vs-strove)
- **strive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strive-vs-strove)
- **stroll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroll-vs-strove)
- **starve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starve-vs-strove)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stripe-vs-strove)
- **stride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stride-vs-strove)
- **strife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strife-vs-strove)
- **strode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strode-vs-strove)

## Common misspellings (9)
`srtove`, `sstrove`, `storve`, `stroev`, `strovve`, `strrove`, `strvoe`, `sttrove`, `tsrove`

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