arrange
/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
"arrange" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arrange” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,095 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,095
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrange |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arrange” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for arrange is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,095 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrange, with forms such as "arange", "ararnge", and "arragne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Assange", "arranged", "arranges", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor. Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -ār… The correct English form is arrange, spelled A-R-R-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
- 2To plan; to prepare in advance.
- 3To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor. Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arange,ararnge,arragne,arraneg,arrangge,arrannge,arrnage,rarange
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrange - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “arrange”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-R-A-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Assange” - see the side-by-side comparison. arrange vs Assange
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.