strictes

\stʁikt\

/\stʁikt\/ adj

The verdict

“strictes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,514
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de strict.

Corpus desk

Index FR-strictes · strictes · French

strictes · rank #15,514 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,514
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stabiliser

Nearest frequency peer: stabiliser (-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 « strictes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « strictes » 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).

strictes vs stricts
88% similar
strictes vs strict
75% similar
strictes vs stricte
88% similar

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

Key facts for strictes
PropertyValue
Headwordstrictes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\stʁikt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,514
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « strictes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.strictesse 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 « stabiliser » (#15,513), « supposés » (#15,515), « stabilisation » (#15,512). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « strictes » est au #15,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around strictes (IPA \stʁikt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,514 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de strict.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for strictes, with forms such as "srtictes", "sstrictes", and "stirctes". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "stricts", "strict", "stricte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is strictes, spelled S-T-R-I-C-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de strict.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Christophorine se laissait parfois aller à quelques mouvements de tendresse, qu’il me fallut bien accepter pourvu qu’ils restassent dans les strictes limites de la pudeur et de la modestie.
  2. En dépit des règles très strictes imposées par les organisateurs pour tenter de régulariser un peu le temps des visites, des groupes de plus en plus compacts pourvus de laissez-passer et de coupe-file de toutes sortes forçaient la vigilance des gardiens et restaient collés le nez au tableau pendant des heures entières.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtictes
  • sstrictes
  • stirctes
  • strcites
  • stricctes
  • stricets
  • strictess
  • strictse
  • stricttes
  • stritces
  • strrictes
  • sttrictes
  • tsrictes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strictes - 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.

srtictes2sstrictes1stirctes2strcites2stricctes1stricets2strictess1strictse2
Edit distance from "strictes"

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 "strictes"?
"strictes" is spelled S-T-R-I-C-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁikt\.
What does "strictes" mean?
As an adjective, "strictes" means: Féminin pluriel de strict.
What words are commonly confused with "strictes"?
"strictes" is commonly confused with "stricts", "strict", "stricte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strictes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strictes" is \stʁikt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strictes" come from?
"strictes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list