étrangères

\et.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\

/\et.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“étrangères” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,349
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de étranger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etrangeres · étrangères · French

étrangères · rank #2,349 · 16 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,349
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH vrais

Nearest frequency peer: vrais (-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 « étrangères »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étrangères » 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).

étrangères vs étranges
80% similar
étrangères vs étrangers
80% similar
étrangères vs étrangeté
60% similar

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

Key facts for étrangères
PropertyValue
Headwordétrangères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\et.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,349
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étrangères »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étrangèresse 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 « vrais » (#2,348), « apprend » (#2,350), « archives » (#2,351). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étrangères » est au #2,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around étrangères (IPA \et.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,349 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de étranger.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for étrangères, with forms such as "etrangeres", "térangères", and "értangères". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "étranges", "étrangers", "étrangeté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étrangères, spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de étranger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how étrangères appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’un côté, il affiche son désir d’accroître sa participation dans le capital des entreprises dites stratégiques, de « zimbabwéaniser » les compagnies étrangères, d’entreprendre une réforme agraire en réinstallant, sur des terres appartenant aux grands fermiers commerciaux, de petits paysans regroupés en coopératives, enfin de n’encourager l’investissement…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrangeres
  • térangères
  • értangères
  • étarngères
  • étragnères
  • étranggères
  • étrangrèes
  • étrangèers
  • étrangèress
  • étrangèrres
  • étrangèrse
  • étranngères
  • étranègres
  • étrnagères
  • étrrangères
  • éttrangères

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étrangères - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

etrangeres2térangères2értangères2étarngères2étragnères2étranggères1étrangrèes2étrangèers2
Edit distance from "étrangères"

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 "étrangères"?
"étrangères" is spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \et.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "étrangères" mean?
As an adjective, "étrangères" means: Féminin pluriel de étranger.
What words are commonly confused with "étrangères"?
"étrangères" is commonly confused with "étranges", "étrangers", "étrangeté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étrangères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étrangères" is \et.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étrangères" come from?
"étrangères" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

philosophie16 variantslégèrement16 variantssurveillance16 variantstechnologie16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list