stranger
\ˈstɹeɪn.dʒɚ\
The verdict
“stranger” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,552. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,552
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inconnu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stranger · stranger · French
stranger · rank #29,552 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,552
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stylistique
Nearest frequency peer: stylistique (+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 « stranger »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- speech
speech
70,453 corpus weight
- statuettes
statuettes
70,452 corpus weight
- stranger
stranger
70,449 corpus weight
- stylistique
stylistique
70,448 corpus weight
- subdivision
subdivision
70,447 corpus weight
- subway
subway
70,446 corpus weight
What this shows « stranger » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈstɹeɪn.dʒɚ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stranger »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around stranger (IPA \ˈstɹeɪn.dʒɚ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,552 among 6,032 “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". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "strange", "Springer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is stranger, spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Inconnu.
- 2Revenant (personne qui revient).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stranger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When we were strangers I watched you from afar When we were lovers I loved you with all my heart
Hello, stranger!
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stranger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).