strike

\stʁajk\

/\stʁajk\/ noun

The verdict

“strike” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,691
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de faire tomber toutes les quilles en un seul coup au bowling.

Corpus desk

Index FR-strike · strike · French

strike · rank #19,691 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,691
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Starbucks

Nearest frequency peer: Starbucks (-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 « strike »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « strike » 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).

strike vs Syrie
50% similar
strike vs strip
67% similar
strike vs string
67% similar

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

Key facts for strike
PropertyValue
Headwordstrike
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁajk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,691
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « strike »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).strikese 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 « Starbucks » (#19,690), « Sully » (#19,692), « spring » (#19,689). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « strike » est au #19,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around strike (IPA \stʁajk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,691 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for strike, with forms such as "srtike", "sstrike", and "stirke". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Syrie", "strip", "string", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is strike, spelled S-T-R-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fait de faire tomber toutes les quilles en un seul coup au bowling.
  2. 2
    Avertissement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà que sa boule de billard faisait un strike avec toutes mes certitudes.
  2. Je vous montre les différentes possibilités pour retirer un strike sur sa chaîne.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtike
  • sstrike
  • stirke
  • striek
  • strikke
  • strkie
  • strrike
  • sttrike
  • tsrike

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strike - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

srtike2sstrike1stirke2striek2strikke1strkie2strrike1sttrike1
Edit distance from "strike"

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 "strike"?
"strike" is spelled S-T-R-I-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁajk\.
What does "strike" mean?
As a noun, "strike" means: Fait de faire tomber toutes les quilles en un seul coup au bowling.
What words are commonly confused with "strike"?
"strike" is commonly confused with "Syrie", "strip", "string". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strike"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strike" is \stʁajk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strike" come from?
"strike" 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 "strike", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list