strate

\stʁat\

/\stʁat\/ noun

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The verdict

“strate” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,019
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couche, niveau parmi plusieurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-strate · strate · French

strate · rank #41,019 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,019
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Steeve

Nearest frequency peer: Steeve (-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 « strate »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « strate » 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).

strate vs sûreté
50% similar
strate vs strike
67% similar
strate vs stricte
71% similar

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

Key facts for strate
PropertyValue
Headwordstrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁat\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,019
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « strate »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.stratese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Steeve » (#41,018), « structurées » (#41,020), « SSH » (#41,017). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « strate » est au #41,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around strate (IPA \stʁat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,019 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for strate, with forms such as "srtate", "sstrate", and "starte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sûreté", "strike", "stricte", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is strate, spelled S-T-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couche, niveau parmi plusieurs.
  2. 2
    Couche homogène d’une roche sédimentaire dont l’épaisseur peut varier de quelques centimètres à quelques centaines de mètres.
  3. 3
    Étagement vertical d’un peuplement végétal.
  4. 4
    Langue constituant la base d’un langage parlé.
  5. 5
    Terme utilisé en France pour catégoriser les communes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le courant du XIIIᵉ siècle, l'héraldique se diffuse dans toutes les strates de la société, à telle enseigne que le choix de ce langage ne désigne pas le statut social du sigillant.
  2. Les leurres se classent du haut vers le bas, plus précisément par rapport à leurs paliers d’utilisation, c’est-à-dire suivant les différentes couches d’eau (ou strates) où ils évoluent. On obtient de la sorte trois grands groupes de poissons nageurs.

Synonyms

coucheniveaugroupe de référence

This word in other languages

stratum(English)Schicht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtate
  • sstrate
  • starte
  • straet
  • stratte
  • strrate
  • strtae
  • sttrate
  • tsrate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

srtate2sstrate1starte2straet2stratte1strrate1strtae2sttrate1
Edit distance from "strate"

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 "strate"?
"strate" is spelled S-T-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁat\.
What does "strate" mean?
As a noun, "strate" means: Couche, niveau parmi plusieurs.
What words are commonly confused with "strate"?
"strate" is commonly confused with "sûreté", "strike", "stricte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strate" is \stʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strate" come from?
"strate" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Steeve#41,018suceur#41,025serrez#41,004Thalès#41,040

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sonnets9 variantsveilleur9 variantsvotons9 variantsvoulues9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list