strasse
\stʁas\
The verdict
“strasse” is uncommon French (frequency #63,381 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,381
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bourre de soie, faite avec le dessus des cocons.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁas\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strasse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
strasse is uncommon French at frequency #63,381 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bourre de soie, faite avec le dessus des cocons.".
strasse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is strasse, spelled S-T-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Bourre de soie, faite avec le dessus des cocons.
Synonyms
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 “strasse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-R-A-S-S-E - 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.
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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.