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range

/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/noun, verb

range is spelled R-A-N-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 132 times per million words in written English, the 792nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, range means “A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of range is ranges.

How many letters and syllables are in range?

Letters5: R-A-N-G-E
Syllables1
In writing132 times per million words; the 792nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 range?

Range appears 132 times per million words in written English, the 792nd 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 range?

  • US /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
  • British /ˈɹɛjnd͡ʒ/
  • /ˈɾend͡ʒ/

Range has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-range.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-range.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with range?

5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as range from its last stressed vowel (/eɪndʒ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: anger, renga.

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 range

  • ranges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • ranging participle, present
  • ranged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does range mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

  2. 2

    A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).

  3. 3

    Selection, array.

    We sell a wide range of cars.

  4. 4

    An area for practicing shooting at targets.

  5. 5

    An area for military training or equipment testing.

  6. 6

    The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.

    We could see the ship at a range of five miles.

  7. 7

    The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).

    This missile's range is 500 kilometres.

  8. 8

    The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.

    This aircraft's range is 15 000 kilometres.

verb

  1. 1

    To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.

  2. 2

    To rove over or through.

    to range the fields

  3. 3

    obsoleteTo exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.

  4. 4

    To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.

  5. 5

    Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.

    The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.

  6. 6

    To classify.

    to range plants and animals in genera and species

  7. 7

    To form a line or a row.

    The front of a house ranges with the street.

  8. 8

    To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Range in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchchaîne (de montagnes) (line of mountains, buildings etc), cuisinière (large stove with many hotplates), sélection, gamme (selection, array), champ m champ de tir (area for practicing shooting), terrain (de chasse) (area for military training or equipment testing)
GermanGebirgskette, Gebirge, Gebirgszug (line of mountains, buildings etc), Herd (large stove with many hotplates), Spanne, Auswahl (selection, array)
Portuguesecordilheira, serra (line of mountains, buildings etc), fogão a lenha (large stove with many hotplates), gama (selection, array), campo de tiro, carreira de tiro (area for practicing shooting)
Spanishsierra, cordillera (line of mountains, buildings etc), hornillo, estufa (large stove with many hotplates), escala, abanico (selection, array)

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 range come from?

From Middle English rengen, from Old French rengier (“to range, to rank, to order”), from the noun renc, reng, ranc, rang (“a rank, row”), from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle, curve”). Doublet of ring.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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