étrangère

\e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\

/\e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“étrangère” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,582
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui vient d’un endroit (ville, pays…) différent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etrangere · étrangère · French

étrangère · rank #3,582 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,582
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH équipage

Nearest frequency peer: équipage (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « étrangère »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « étrangère » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

étrangère vs étranges
67% similar
étrangère vs étrangle
78% similar
étrangère vs étrangers
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for étrangère
PropertyValue
Headwordétrangère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,582
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étrangère »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).étrangèrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « équipage » (#3,581), « êtres » (#3,583), « vivement » (#3,580). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étrangère » est au #3,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around étrangère (IPA \e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,582 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme qui vient d’un endroit (ville, pays…) différent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for étrangère, with forms such as "etrangere", "térangère", and "értangère". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "étranges", "étrangle", "étrangers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is étrangère, spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui vient d’un endroit (ville, pays…) différent.

This word in other languages

Ausländerin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrangere
  • térangère
  • értangère
  • étarngère
  • étragnère
  • étranggère
  • étrangrèe
  • étrangèer
  • étrangèrre
  • étranngère
  • étranègre
  • étrnagère
  • étrrangère
  • éttrangère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étrangère - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etrangere2térangère2értangère2étarngère2étragnère2étranggère1étrangrèe2étrangèer2
Edit distance from "étrangère"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "étrangère"?
"étrangère" is spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "étrangère" mean?
As a noun, "étrangère" means: Femme qui vient d’un endroit (ville, pays…) différent.
What words are commonly confused with "étrangère"?
"étrangère" is commonly confused with "étranges", "étrangle", "étrangers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étrangère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étrangère" is \e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étrangère" come from?
"étrangère" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étrangère", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

titulaire#3,576canadiens#3,594contenant#3,601provenant#3,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

adversaire14 variantsmilitants14 variantspersonnels14 variantsconstater14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list