striptease

\stʁip.tiz\

/\stʁip.tiz\/ noun

The verdict

“striptease” is uncommon French (frequency #51,151 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,151
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de strip-tease.

Corpus desk

Index FR-striptease · striptease · French

striptease · rank #51,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,151
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stoïcisme

Nearest frequency peer: stoïcisme (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « striptease »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « striptease » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for striptease
PropertyValue
Headwordstriptease
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁip.tiz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,151
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « striptease » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).stripteasetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « stoïcisme » (#51,150), « structurants » (#51,152), « stout » (#51,149). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « striptease » est au #51,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

striptease is uncommon French at frequency #51,151 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁip.tiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de strip-tease.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for striptease, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 striptease, spelled S-T-R-I-P-T-E-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de strip-tease.

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 "striptease"?
"striptease" is spelled S-T-R-I-P-T-E-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁip.tiz\.
What does "striptease" mean?
As a noun, "striptease" means: Variante orthographique de strip-tease.
How do you pronounce "striptease"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "striptease" is \stʁip.tiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "striptease" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "striptease", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list