strass
\stʁas\
The verdict
“strass” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,570 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,570
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strass |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁas\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strass” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for strass is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \stʁas\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,570 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses.
Synonyms
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.
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.
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Using “strass”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-R-A-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \stʁas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “strat” - see the side-by-side comparison. strass vs strat
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.