stranger
/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/noun, adjective
stranger is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stranger means “A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stranger is strangers.
How many letters and syllables are in stranger?
| Letters | 8: S-T-R-A-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,444th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stranger?
Stranger appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th 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 stranger?
- UK /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
Stranger 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-stranger.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stranger?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stranger from its last stressed vowel (/eɪndʒəɹ/):
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 stranger
- strangers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- strangering participle, present
- strangered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stranger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
That gentleman is a stranger to me.
- 2
An outsider or foreigner.
- 3
One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- 4
A newcomer.
- 5
Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.
Hello, stranger!
- 6
obsoleteOne not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
- 7
One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
- 8
obsoleteA superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of strange: more strange
Truth is stranger than fiction.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo estrange; to alienate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stranger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inconnu, inconnue , étranger, étrangère |
| German | Fremder, Fremde, Fremdling, Fremdlingin |
| Portuguese | estranho, estranha , estrangeiro, estrangeira, forasteiro , recém-chegado |
| Spanish | extraño, extraña, desconocido, desconocida , forastero, forastera |
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.