strangely
/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/adverb
strangely is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E-L-Y: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, strangely means “In a strange or coincidental manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in strangely?
| Letters | 9: S-T-R-A-N-G-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is strangely?
Strangely appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 strangely?
- /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/
Strangely has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-strangely.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of strangely
- more strangely comparative
- most strangely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strangely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a strange or coincidental manner.
Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.
- 2
archaicSurprisingly, wonderfully.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strangely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a strange manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étrangement |
| German | seltsam, seltsamerweise |
| Portuguese | estranhamente |
| Spanish | extrañamente |
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 strangely come from?
From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).