strass

\stʁas\

/\stʁas\/ noun

The verdict

“strass” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,570
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-strass · strass · French

strass · rank #37,570 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,570
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stipulant

Nearest frequency peer: stipulant (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « strass »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « strass » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

strass vs strat
67% similar
strass vs Stress
67% similar
strass vs strate
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for strass
PropertyValue
Headwordstrass
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,570
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « strass »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).strassse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stipulant » (#37,569), « streamer » (#37,571), « stimulants » (#37,568). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « strass » est au #37,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around strass (IPA \stʁas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,570 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for strass, with forms such as "srtass", "sstrass", and "strrass". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "strat", "Stress", "strate", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is strass, spelled S-T-R-A-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how strass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Au moral, la maîtresse était, si vous voulez, du strass; mais, pour les Sauvages, le strass ne vaut-il pas le diamant ?
  2. Les bijoux papillotaient, les rubis et les strass arrêtaient au passage des filées de lumière.

Synonyms

pierre du Rhin

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtass
  • sstrass
  • strrass
  • strsas
  • sttrass
  • tsrass

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strass - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

srtass2sstrass1strrass1strsas2sttrass1tsrass2
Edit distance from "strass"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "strass"?
"strass" is spelled S-T-R-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁas\.
What does "strass" mean?
As a noun, "strass" means: Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses.
What words are commonly confused with "strass"?
"strass" is commonly confused with "strat", "Stress", "strate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strass" is \stʁas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strass" come from?
"strass" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "strass", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list