# range

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #793

## Definitions
1. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
2. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
3. Selection, array.
4. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
5. An area for military training or equipment testing.
6. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
7. The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
8. The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
9. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
10. The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
11. The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
12. The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
13. The defensive area that a player can cover.
14. The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
15. The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
16. A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
17. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
18. The step of a ladder; a rung.
19. A bolting sieve to sift meal.
20. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
21. In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
22. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **rate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rate)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ring)
- **rare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rare)
- **rape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rape)
- **rank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rank)
- **rant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rant)
- **rave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rave)
- **Rene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rene)
- **rung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rung)
- **rune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rune)
- **rani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rani)
- **Rong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rong)
- **rings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rings)
- **ranks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ranks)
- **ridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ridge)
- **rouge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rouge)
- **rinse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rinse)
- **Ringo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ringo)
- **rants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-rants)
- **Renée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-renee)

## Common misspellings (7)
`arnge`, `ragne`, `raneg`, `rangge`, `rannge`, `rnage`, `rrange`

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