stramm
\ʃtʁam\
The verdict
“stramm” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sévère, carré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stramm · stramm · French
stramm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stramm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃtʁam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
stramm is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃtʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sévère, carré.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stramm, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is stramm, spelled S-T-R-A-M-M.
Definition
- 1Sévère, carré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stramm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ouais, c'est horrible, parce que y'a une mouvance un peu dans l'éducation positive, puis, y'a des personnes un peu plus matures qui pensent que, il faut être un peu plus stramm, alors que nous, en tant que parents d'enfants autistes, on est justement, 'fin, très souvent, très stramm en fait, parce que, on essaye de le cadrer, on essaye de faire en sorte q…
This word in other languages
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