string

\stʁiŋ\

/\stʁiŋ\/ noun

The verdict

“string” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,746
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-vêtement principalement féminin, consistant en un triangle de tissu couvrant les parties génitales et maintenu par une cordelette, éventuellement recouverte de dentelle, passant dans l’entreja...

Corpus desk

Index FR-string · string · French

string · rank #16,746 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,746
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stadium

Nearest frequency peer: stadium (-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 « string »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « string » 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).

string vs strip
67% similar
string vs swing
67% similar
string vs strong
83% similar

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

Key facts for string
PropertyValue
Headwordstring
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁiŋ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,746
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « string »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stringse 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 « stadium » (#16,745), « subis » (#16,747), « songer » (#16,744). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « string » est au #16,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around string (IPA \stʁiŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,746 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sous-vêtement principalement féminin, consistant en un triangle de tissu couvrant les parties génitales et maintenu par une cordelette, éventuellement recouverte de dentelle, passant dans l’entreja...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for string, with forms such as "srting", "sstring", and "stirng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "strip", "swing", "strong", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is string, spelled S-T-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous-vêtement principalement féminin, consistant en un triangle de tissu couvrant les parties génitales et maintenu par une cordelette, éventuellement recouverte de dentelle, passant dans l’entrejambe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La mode du string va triompher cet été sur les plages.
  2. — Si on trouve des photos de Julia Roberts en string, on peut bien trouver des photos de ce rigolo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srting
  • sstring
  • stirng
  • strign
  • stringg
  • strinng
  • strnig
  • strring
  • sttring
  • tsring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of string - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

srting2sstring1stirng2strign2stringg1strinng1strnig2strring1
Edit distance from "string"

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 "string"?
"string" is spelled S-T-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁiŋ\.
What does "string" mean?
As a noun, "string" means: Sous-vêtement principalement féminin, consistant en un triangle de tissu couvrant les parties génitales et maintenu par une cordelette, éventuellement recouverte de dentelle, passant dans l’entreja...
What words are commonly confused with "string"?
"string" is commonly confused with "strip", "swing", "strong". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "string"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "string" is \stʁiŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "string" come from?
"string" 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 "string", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list