étrange
\e.tʁɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“étrange” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,554
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est en dehors de l’ordre, de l’usage commun ; qui est singulier, extraordinaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etrange · étrange · French
étrange · rank #2,554 · 11 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,554
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH Washington
Nearest frequency peer: Washington (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “étrange”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- viande
viande
97,450 corpus weight
- vierge
vierge
97,449 corpus weight
- Washington
Washington
97,448 corpus weight
- étrange
étrange
97,447 corpus weight
- Antoine
Antoine
97,446 corpus weight
- attitude
attitude
97,445 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “étrange” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | étrange |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.tʁɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “étrange” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around étrange (IPA \e.tʁɑ̃ʒ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,554 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for étrange, with forms such as "etrange", "térange", and "értange". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "étranger", "étranges", "étrangle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is étrange, spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est en dehors de l’ordre, de l’usage commun ; qui est singulier, extraordinaire.
- 2Composé de quarks étranges.
- 3Étranger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étrange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On trouverait aujourd’hui étrange que des magistrats se missent à la tête de bandes armées, comme cela avait lieu à Rome durant les dernières années de la République.
Et tout le village bientôt, à des degrés variant selon la constitution et la force de résistance de chacun, fut en proie à des malaises étranges, symptômes inexplicables d’empoisonnement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrange
- térange
- értange
- étarnge
- étragne
- étraneg
- étrangge
- étrannge
- étrnage
- étrrange
- éttrange
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étrange - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étrange", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "étrange". Here's where to go from here.
- "étrange" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "étranger". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,554 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.