strangle
stran·gle/ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/verb, noun
strangle is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-L-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (stran·gle). It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, strangle means “To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in strangle?
| Letters | 8: S-T-R-A-N-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: stran·gle |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd 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; 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 strangle?
Strangle appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 strangle?
- /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩]
- US /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/
Strangle has 2 syllables, split stran·gle in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-strangle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with strangle?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as strangle from its last stressed vowel (/eɪŋɡəl/):
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 strangle
- strangles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- strangling participle, present
- strangled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strangle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
- 2
To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
- 3
To stifle or suppress.
He strangled a scream.
- 4
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- 5
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
- 1
A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strangle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to kill someone by strangulation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étrangler |
| German | strangulieren, erwürgen |
| Portuguese | estrangular, sufocar |
| Spanish | estrangular |
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 strangle come from?
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).