Stress

\ʃtʁɛs\

/\ʃtʁɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“Stress” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,423
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stress, surmenage en général.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stress · Stress · French

Stress · rank #3,423 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,423
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stop

Nearest frequency peer: stop (-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 « Stress »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Stress » 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).

Stress vs stressé
71% similar
Stress vs stressée
63% similar
Stress vs stresser
63% similar

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

Key facts for Stress
PropertyValue
HeadwordStress
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃtʁɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,423
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Stress »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Stressse 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 « stop » (#3,422), « travaillent » (#3,424), « réfugiés » (#3,421). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Stress » est au #3,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Stress (IPA \ʃtʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,423 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stress, with forms such as "srtess", "sstress", and "sterss". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "stressé", "stressée", "stresser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Stress, spelled S-T-R-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stress, surmenage en général.
  2. 2
    Stress, réaction à une agression par un agent extérieur.
  3. 3
    Réaction de l’organisme face à un stimulus externe.
  4. 4
    Tension exercée sur un matériau.
  5. 5
    Tension exercée sur une formation rocheuse.
  6. 6
    Stress, forte contrainte sur une entreprise ou une banque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die meisten Menschen werden vom Sodbrennen nur nach einer besonders üppigen Mahlzeit, ausgiebigem Alkoholgenuss oder bei Stress geplagt.
  2. Bei Blähungen handelt es sich um übermäßige Gasansammlungen im Magen-Darm-Trakt. (...) Zu den häufigsten Auslösern zählen eine falsche Ernährung, hastiges Essen, Stress und Medikamente.

Synonyms

AnspannungDruck

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtess
  • sstress
  • sterss
  • stres
  • strress
  • strses
  • sttress
  • tsress

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stress - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

srtess2sstress1sterss2stres1strress1strses2sttress1tsress2
Edit distance from "Stress"

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 "Stress"?
"Stress" is spelled S-T-R-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃtʁɛs\.
What does "Stress" mean?
As a noun, "Stress" means: Stress, surmenage en général.
What words are commonly confused with "Stress"?
"Stress" is commonly confused with "stressé", "stressée", "stresser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stress"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stress" is \ʃtʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stress" come from?
"Stress" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

visant#3,427élevée#3,429alliés#3,433monaco#3,412

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

rends8 variantsengage8 variantscopain8 variantscoûts8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list