striker

\stʁaj.ke\

/\stʁaj.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“striker” is uncommon French (frequency #71,927 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,927
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réussir un strike, au bowling.

Key facts for striker
PropertyValue
Headwordstriker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\stʁaj.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “striker” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). striker lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

striker is uncommon French at frequency #71,927 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \stʁaj.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réussir un strike, au bowling.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for striker in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is striker, spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réussir un strike, au bowling.

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 "striker"?
"striker" is spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁaj.ke\.
What does "striker" mean?
As a verb, "striker" means: Réussir un strike, au bowling.
How do you pronounce "striker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "striker" is \stʁaj.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "striker" come from?
"striker" 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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Using “striker”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-T-R-I-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \stʁaj.ke\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list