stroke

\stɹəʊk\

/\stɹəʊk\/ noun

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The verdict

“stroke” is uncommon French (frequency #60,399 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,399
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-stroke · stroke · French

stroke · rank #60,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,399
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH strips

Nearest frequency peer: strips (-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 « stroke »

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 « stroke » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stroke
PropertyValue
Headwordstroke
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stɹəʊk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,399
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stroke » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stroketombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « strips » (#60,398), « strident » (#60,397), « substituent » (#60,401). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stroke » est au #60,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stroke is uncommon French at frequency #60,399 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stɹəʊk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for stroke in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is stroke, spelled S-T-R-O-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caresse.
  2. 2
    Coup.
  3. 3
    Trait.
  4. 4
    Brasse.
  5. 5
    Accident vasculaire cérébral, attaque cérébrale.
  6. 6
    Apoplexie.
  7. 7
    Temps.
  8. 8
    Course d'un piston.
  9. 9
    Coup de pinceau.
  10. 10
    Barre oblique (abréviation de oblique stroke).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Four-stroke engine : moteur à quatre temps.
  2. The distance traveled by the piston from zero degrees to 180 degrees is called the stroke - S of the piston.

Synonyms

slashapoplexy

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 "stroke"?
"stroke" is spelled S-T-R-O-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stɹəʊk\.
What does "stroke" mean?
As a noun, "stroke" means: Caresse.
How do you pronounce "stroke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stroke" is \stɹəʊk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strips#60,398sourie#60,389sérums#60,417taxons#60,422

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list