# strangeness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,395

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
2. The product or result of being strange.
3. One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.

## Etymology
From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.

## Common misspellings (16)
`srtangeness`, `sstrangeness`, `starngeness`, `stragneness`, `stranegness`, `strangeenss`, `strangenes`, `strangenness`, `strangenses`, `stranggeness`, `strangneess`, `stranngeness`, `strnageness`, `strrangeness`, `sttrangeness`, `tsrangeness`

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