# Stryker

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,712

## Definitions
1. A surname

## Etymology
* (surname):
* (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker.
* (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.

## Easily confused with
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strike-vs-stryker)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroke-vs-stryker)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoker-vs-stryker)
- **strikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strikes-vs-stryker)
- **striker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striker-vs-stryker)
- **strokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strokes-vs-stryker)
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stryker)
- **stalker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-stryker)

## Common misspellings (12)
`srtyker`, `sstryker`, `strkyer`, `strryker`, `stryekr`, `strykerr`, `strykker`, `strykre`, `stryyker`, `sttryker`, `styrker`, `tsryker`

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