straiten
verb
straiten is spelled S-T-R-A-I-T-E-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, straiten means “To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in straiten?
| Letters | 8: S-T-R-A-I-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 straiten?
Straiten appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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).
What rhymes with straiten?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as straiten.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trainset.
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 straiten
- straitens present, singular, he/she/it
- straitening participle, present
- straitened participle, past
- streighten
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does straiten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.
- 2
To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
And the reason why Birds are Oviparous and lay Eggs, but do not bring forth their yong alive, is, because there might be more plenty of them also, and that neither the Birds of prey, the Serpent nor the Fowler, should streighten their gener
Wiktionary also records straiten as a common misspelling of another word in some uses; the senses above are its own.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).