stranglehold
"stranglehold" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stranglehold” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #47,936 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #47,936
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stranglehold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #47,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stranglehold” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stranglehold is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #47,936 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for stranglehold, with forms such as "srtanglehold", "sstranglehold", and "starnglehold". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From strangle + hold. The correct English form is stranglehold, spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-L-E-H-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
Etymology
From strangle + hold.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srtanglehold,sstranglehold,starnglehold,stragnlehold,strangelhold,strangglehold,stranglehhold,stranglehlod,stranglehodl,strangleholdd,strangleholld,strangleohld,stranglheold,strangllehold,stranlgehold,strannglehold,strnaglehold,strranglehold,sttranglehold,tsranglehold
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stranglehold - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “stranglehold”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-A-N-G-L-E-H-O-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.