The word "strah" is a tricky one to spell. It's important to note that this word is not found in standard English, so its spelling can vary depending on the language or dialect it belongs to. In some Slavic languages, such as Czech and Slovak, "strah" means fear or dread. Its IPA phonetic transcription is /strax/. The "s" is pronounced as a voiceless alveolar sibilant, the "t" is an unaspirated voiceless alveolar stop, the "r" is a trill, the "a" is pronounced as an open central unrounded vowel and the "h" is a voiceless glottal fricative.