strenuous
stren·u·ous/ˈstɹɛ.nju.əs/adjective
strenuous is spelled S-T-R-E-N-U-O-U-S, 3 syllables: stren·u·ous. The wrong spelling people search most is strenous: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Strenuous is an adjective meaning “Having great vigour or energy; forceful”.
How many letters and syllables are in strenuous?
| Letters | 9: S-T-R-E-N-U-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: stren·u·ous |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, strenous, about 230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell strenuous?
Strenuous is spelled S-T-R-E-N-U-O-U-S. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for strenuous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is strenuous?
Strenuous appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 strenuous?
- /ˈstɹɛ.nju.əs/
Strenuous has 3 syllables, split stren·u·ous in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-strenuous.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of strenuous
- more strenuous comparative
- most strenuous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strenuous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having great vigour or energy; forceful.
strenuous exercise
- 2
Requiring great exertion; very laborious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strenuous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vigoureux, acharné , ardu, éprouvant |
| Spanish | esforzado, estrenuo , extenuante, arduo, agotador |
| German | anstrengend |
| Portuguese | exigente |
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 strenuous come from?
From Latin strenuus (“quick”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).