# stronger

> English word · Adjective · IPA /stɹɒŋɡə/ · frequency rank #2,765

## Definitions
1. comparative form of strong: more strong
2. Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
3. Better.

## Etymology
From Middle English strongere, strengere (“stronger”), from Old English strongra, strengra (“stronger”), from Proto-Germanic *strangizô (“*stronger”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“strong”), equivalent to strong + -er. More at strong.

## Easily confused with
- **strongly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stronger-vs-strongly)
- **strongest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stronger-vs-strongest)
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strong-vs-stronger)
- **stoner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoner-vs-stronger)
- **strange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strange-vs-stronger)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinger-vs-stronger)
- **stranger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stranger-vs-stronger)
- **springer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stronger)
- **stroller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroller-vs-stronger)
- **stringer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-stronger)
- **stringed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringed-vs-stronger)
- **strangers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strangers-vs-stronger)

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtonger`, `sstronger`, `stornger`, `strnoger`, `strogner`, `stronegr`, `strongerr`, `strongger`, `strongre`, `stronnger`, `strronger`, `sttronger`, `tsronger`

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