# extraneous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/ · frequency rank #37,450

## Definitions
1. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
2. Not essential or intrinsic.

## Etymology
From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.

## Common misspellings (14)
`etxraneous`, `exrtaneous`, `extarneous`, `extraenous`, `extraneosu`, `extraneouss`, `extraneuos`, `extranneous`, `extranoeus`, `extrnaeous`, `extrraneous`, `exttraneous`, `exxtraneous`, `xetraneous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/extraneous