# strength

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɹɛŋ(k)θ/ · frequency rank #1,677

## Definitions
1. The quality or degree of being strong.
2. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
3. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
4. A positive attribute.
5. An armed force, a body of troops.
6. A strong place; a stronghold.
7. The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.

## Etymology
From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu (“strongness; strength”), equivalent to strong + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch strengte (“strength”), German Low German Strengde, Strengte (“harshness; rigidity; strictness; severity”).

## Easily confused with
- **strengths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strength-vs-strengths)
- **strengthen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strength-vs-strengthen)

## Common misspellings (14)
`srtength`, `sstrength`, `sterngth`, `stregnth`, `strenggth`, `strenght`, `strengthh`, `strengtth`, `strenngth`, `strentgh`, `strnegth`, `strrength`, `sttrength`, `tsrength`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/strength