Which to use
“strate” and “strates” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,019
- “strate” frequency rank
- #28,363
- “strates” frequency rank
- 69382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | strate | strates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couche, niveau parmi plusieurs. | Pluriel de strate. |
Same sound, different letters: strate vs strates
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - strate and strates
This is the hard kind. strate and strates are pronounced identically (\stʁat\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “strate” sits inside “strates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
strate is recorded at frequency rank #41,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \stʁat\. strates is at rank #28,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stʁat\.
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 69382, this pair ranks #55,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of strate vs strates
Shared letters: aerst. Private to "strate": -. Private to "strates": -.
"strate" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCV · "strates" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "strate" and "strates" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "strate" vs "strates" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"strate" and "strates" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "strate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "strates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "strate" and "strates" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stase vs strate". 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 #55,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.