Which to use
“start” and “strat” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,662
- “start” frequency rank
- #48,807
- “strat” frequency rank
- 55469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | start | strat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Départ, pour les courses de sprint. | Fond de bateau. |
Where the eye mixes start and strat
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between start and strat
A purely visual mix-up. start (\staʁt\) and strat (\stʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ar ↔ ra) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
start is recorded at frequency rank #6,662, classified as anoun, pronounced \staʁt\. strat is at rank #48,807, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stʁa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55469, this pair ranks #127,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of start vs strat
Shared letters: arst. Private to "start": -. Private to "strat": -.
"start" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "strat" · 5 letters · shape CCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "start" and "strat" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "start" or "strat"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "start" and "strat" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "start" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "strat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "start" and "strat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "strat vs sutra". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #127,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.