strings

\stʁiŋ\

/\stʁiŋ\/ noun

The verdict

“strings” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,753
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de string.

Corpus desk

Index FR-strings · strings · French

strings · rank #44,753 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,753
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH streep

Nearest frequency peer: streep (-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 « strings »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « strings » 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).

strings vs strong
71% similar
strings vs sting
71% similar
strings vs string
86% similar

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

Key facts for strings
PropertyValue
Headwordstrings
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁiŋ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,753
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « strings »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stringsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « streep » (#44,752), « subterfuge » (#44,754), « stoner » (#44,751). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « strings » est au #44,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around strings (IPA \stʁiŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,753 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de string.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for strings, with forms such as "srtings", "sstrings", and "stirngs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "strong", "sting", "string", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is strings, spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de string.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtings
  • sstrings
  • stirngs
  • strigns
  • stringgs
  • stringss
  • strinngs
  • strinsg
  • strnigs
  • strrings
  • sttrings
  • tsrings

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

srtings2sstrings1stirngs2strigns2stringgs1stringss1strinngs1strinsg2
Edit distance from "strings"

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 "strings"?
"strings" is spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁiŋ\.
What does "strings" mean?
As a noun, "strings" means: Pluriel de string.
What words are commonly confused with "strings"?
"strings" is commonly confused with "strong", "sting", "string". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strings" is \stʁiŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strings" come from?
"strings" 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 "strings", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list