stranger
/ˈstɹeɪn.dʒə/
The verdict
“stranger” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,959
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forastero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-stranger · stranger · Spanish
stranger · rank #28,959 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,959
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH stick
Nearest frequency peer: stick (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “stranger”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- spectrum
spectrum
71,046 corpus weight
- spike
spike
71,045 corpus weight
- stick
stick
71,044 corpus weight
- stranger
stranger
71,042 corpus weight
- sudadera
sudadera
71,040 corpus weight
- sufridos
sufridos
71,039 corpus weight
What this shows “stranger” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stranger |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹeɪn.dʒə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “stranger”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around stranger (IPA /ˈstɹeɪn.dʒə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,959 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for stranger, with forms such as "srtanger", "sstranger", and "starnger". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "strange", "Springer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is stranger, spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forastero.
- 2Desconocido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtanger
- sstranger
- starnger
- stragner
- stranegr
- strangerr
- strangger
- strangre
- strannger
- strnager
- strranger
- sttranger
- tsranger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stranger - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stranger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).