derange
/diˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verb
derange is spelled D-E-R-A-N-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, derange means “To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in derange?
| Letters | 7: D-E-R-A-N-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is derange?
Derange appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce derange?
- UK /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
- US /diˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
Derange has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-derange.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with derange?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as derange from its last stressed vowel (/eɪndʒ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grenade, enraged, grandee, agender.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of derange
- deranges present, singular, he/she/it
- deranging participle, present
- deranged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does derange mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
- 2
To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
- 3
To cause to malfunction or become inoperative.
- 4
archaicTo disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Derange in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to cause someone to go insane:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | trastornar, hacer derranchar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does derange come from?
From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).