étrangler

\e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle\

/\e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle\/ verb

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The verdict

“étrangler” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,084. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,084
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serrer à la gorge de manière à faire perdre la respiration ou même la vie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etrangler · étrangler · French

étrangler · rank #23,084 · 15 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,084
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étincelles

Nearest frequency peer: étincelles (-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.

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

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étrangler » 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).

étrangler vs étrange
78% similar
étrangler vs étranger
89% similar
étrangler vs étranges
78% similar

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

Key facts for étrangler
PropertyValue
Headwordétrangler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,084
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étrangler »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).étranglerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « étincelles » (#23,082), « électromagnétique » (#23,081), « abordée » (#23,087). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étrangler » est au #23,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around étrangler (IPA \e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,084 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for étrangler, with forms such as "etrangler", "térangler", and "értangler". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "étrange", "étranger", "étranges", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étrangler, spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Serrer à la gorge de manière à faire perdre la respiration ou même la vie.
  2. 2
    Perdre la respiration par suite d’une compression accidentelle du gosier.
  3. 3
    Resserrer la largeur, l’étendue nécessaire.
  4. 4
    Réduire (une chose abstraite), éventuellement jusqu'à la faire disparaître.
  5. 5
    Être comme étranglé par un sentiment de révolte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les voleurs l’ont étranglé.
  2. Il le tenait à la gorge et voulait l’étrangler.

Synonyms

stranguler

This word in other languages

strangle(English)estrangular(Español)würgen(Deutsch)asfixiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrangler
  • térangler
  • értangler
  • étarngler
  • étragnler
  • étrangelr
  • étranggler
  • étranglerr
  • étrangller
  • étranglre
  • étranlger
  • étranngler
  • étrnagler
  • étrrangler
  • éttrangler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étrangler - 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.

etrangler1térangler2értangler2étarngler2étragnler2étrangelr2étranggler1étranglerr1
Edit distance from "étrangler"

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 "étrangler"?
"étrangler" is spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle\.
What does "étrangler" mean?
As a verb, "étrangler" means: Serrer à la gorge de manière à faire perdre la respiration ou même la vie.
What words are commonly confused with "étrangler"?
"étrangler" is commonly confused with "étrange", "étranger", "étranges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étrangler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étrangler" is \e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étrangler" come from?
"étrangler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

élastiques15 variantsaudiovisuelle15 variantsautodidacte15 variantssurveillent15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list