strange
/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/adjective, noun
strange is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 44 times per million words in written English, the 2,290th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, strange means “Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in strange?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-A-N-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 44 times per million words; the 2,290th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is strange?
Strange appears 44 times per million words in written English, the 2,290th 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 strange?
- /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
- [stɹeɪnd͡ʒ]
Strange has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-strange.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of strange
- stranger comparative
- strangest superlative
- stranges present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- stranging participle, present
- stranged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strange mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
- 2
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
- 3
slangOutside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- 4
Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- 5
Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- 6
obsoleteBelonging to another country; foreign.
- 7
obsoleteReserved; distant in deportment.
- 8
obsoleteBackward; slow.
noun
- 1
slangSex outside of one's current relationship.
- 2
A strange quark.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo alienate; to estrange.
- 2
obsoleteTo be estranged or alienated.
- 3
obsoleteTo wonder; to be astonished at (something).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strange in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étrange, anormal , inconnu , étranger |
| German | seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich , fremd |
| Portuguese | estranho, esquisito, anormal, curioso, gozado , desconhecido |
| Spanish | extraño, raro, cuático |
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.