strophe

\stʁɔf\

/\stʁɔf\/ noun

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The verdict

“strophe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,053
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupement organisé de vers pouvant comporter une disposition particulière de rimes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-strophe · strophe · French

strophe · rank #39,053 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,053
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sponsorisés

Nearest frequency peer: sponsorisés (-2 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 « strophe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « strophe » 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).

strophe vs strophes
88% similar
strophe vs stoppé
57% similar

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

Key facts for strophe
PropertyValue
Headwordstrophe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁɔf\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,053
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « strophe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.strophese 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 « sponsorisés » (#39,051), « subs » (#39,055), « spectrale » (#39,050). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « strophe » est au #39,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around strophe (IPA \stʁɔf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,053 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for strophe, with forms such as "srtophe", "sstrophe", and "storphe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "strophes", "stoppé", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is strophe, spelled S-T-R-O-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groupement organisé de vers pouvant comporter une disposition particulière de rimes.
  2. 2
    Première des trois parties de l’ode avec l’antistrophe et l’épode.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans cet enfer, comme aujourd’hui, les poètes chantaient l’épopée qu’on allait vivre et mourir ; les uns en strophes ardentes, les autres avec un rire amer.
  2. L’étude d’un brouillon de Blake est des plus curieuses. Sans cesse, il reprenait son texte. Lorsqu’il s’agissait d’un poème en vers, il écrivait d’abord une strophe qui en était comme le noyau, et le reste du poème n’était que le développement de cette strophe initiale, tout autour de laquelle venaient se grouper les strophes complémentaires.

Synonyms

laissecouplet

This word in other languages

strophe(English)estancia(Español)estância(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtophe
  • sstrophe
  • storphe
  • strohpe
  • stropeh
  • strophhe
  • stropphe
  • strpohe
  • strrophe
  • sttrophe
  • tsrophe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

srtophe2sstrophe1storphe2strohpe2stropeh2strophhe1stropphe1strpohe2
Edit distance from "strophe"

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 "strophe"?
"strophe" is spelled S-T-R-O-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁɔf\.
What does "strophe" mean?
As a noun, "strophe" means: Groupement organisé de vers pouvant comporter une disposition particulière de rimes.
What words are commonly confused with "strophe"?
"strophe" is commonly confused with "strophes", "stoppé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strophe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strophe" is \stʁɔf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strophe" come from?
"strophe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sudbury#39,057tanière#39,064sinueux#39,039Theorie#39,069

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Taillefer11 variantsthermal11 variantsscandal11 variantsTroyens11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list