stray
\streɪ\
The verdict
“stray” is uncommon French (frequency #66,356 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,356
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Errer, rôder, vaguer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stray · stray · French
stray · rank #66,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,356
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH spes
Nearest frequency peer: spes (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « stray »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- somewhere
somewhere
33,648 corpus weight
- spelling
spelling
33,647 corpus weight
- spes
spes
33,646 corpus weight
- stray
stray
33,645 corpus weight
- stérilisés
stérilisés
33,643 corpus weight
- subaquatique
subaquatique
33,642 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stray » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stray |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \streɪ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stray » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stray is uncommon French at frequency #66,356 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \streɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stray, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is stray, spelled S-T-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Errer, rôder, vaguer.
- 2Se promener ou s’égarer
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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