stranger
/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
"stranger" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stranger” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,493
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of strange: more strange
Corpus desk
Index EN-stranger · stranger · English
stranger · rank #4,493 · 13 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,493
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stocks
Nearest frequency peer: stocks (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “stranger”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- spare
spare
95,511 corpus weight
- specialist
specialist
95,510 corpus weight
- stocks
stocks
95,509 corpus weight
- stranger
stranger
95,508 corpus weight
- submit
submit
95,507 corpus weight
- surprising
surprising
95,506 corpus weight
What this shows “stranger” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stranger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stranger”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around stranger (IPA /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,493 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of strange: more strange".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for stranger, with forms such as "srtanger", "sstranger", and "starnger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "stronger", "strangle", "stringer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. The correct English form is stranger, spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of strange: more strange
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stranger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtanger
- sstranger
- starnger
- stragner
- stranegr
- strangerr
- strangger
- strangre
- strannger
- strnager
- strranger
- sttranger
- tsranger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stranger - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stranger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).