strip-tease
\stʁip.tiz\
The verdict
“strip-tease” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spectacle, généralement une danse, dans lequel l’individu se déshabille doucement et sensuellement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-strip-tease · strip-tease · French
strip-tease · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strip-tease |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁip.tiz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « strip-tease » en français
Rare enough to double-check
strip-tease is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁip.tiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spectacle, généralement une danse, dans lequel l’individu se déshabille doucement et sensuellement.".
strip-tease has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is strip-tease, spelled S-T-R-I-P---T-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Spectacle, généralement une danse, dans lequel l’individu se déshabille doucement et sensuellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strip-tease appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La facétieuse déesse Ame no Uzume no Mikoto imagine alors un stratagème pour contraindre Amaterasu à sortir de sa cachette et se lance dans un véritable strip-tease : […].
Tatiana n'avait pas mis longtemps à trouver le chemin de l'escalier du 100. Une de ses anciennes colocatrices du foyer étudiant de Tomsk officiait à la barre de strip-tease depuis l'hiver d'avant et lui avait proposé de rencontrer son patron.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.