strange

//stɹeɪnd͡ʒ// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,574

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

strange is anSpanishadj. It means: Extraño. Pronounced /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/. Often confused with strong and string.

Key facts for strange
PropertyValue
Headwordstrange
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,574
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of strange in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for strange is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,574 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Extraño.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for strange, with forms such as "srtange", "sstrange", and "starnge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "strong", "string", "stranger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is strange, spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extraño.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: srtange,sstrange,starnge,stragne,straneg,strangge,strannge,strnage,strrange,sttrange,tsrange

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for strange

Misspelling Variants of "strange"

srtange7sstrange8starnge7stragne7straneg7strangge8strannge8strnage7
Misspelling Variants of "strange"

Frequency rank: #28,574 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "strange"?
"strange" is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/.
What does "strange" mean?
As an adj, "strange" means: Extraño.
What words are commonly confused with "strange"?
"strange" is commonly confused with "strong", "string", "stranger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "strange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strange" is /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strange" come from?
"strange" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.