strangles
stran·gles/ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/noun, verb
strangles is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-L-E-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (stran·gles). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strangles means “A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in strangles?
| Letters | 9: S-T-R-A-N-G-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: stran·gles |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is strangles?
Strangles appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 strangles?
- UK /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/
- US /ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/
Strangles has 2 syllables, split stran·gles in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-strangles.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does strangles mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
- 2
plural of strangle
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of strangle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strangles in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disease of horses:
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.