angryvsAveryConfusable pair

Quick tell: angry is a adjective, Avery is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“angry” is an adjective and “Avery” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,511
“angry” frequency rank
#36,209
“Avery” frequency rank
70720
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angry Avery
Definition wütend, verärgert ein englischer weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: angry vs Avery

Shared letters muted; letters that set angry and Avery apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
angry
5 ch
Avery

Grammar separator: angry vs Avery

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: angry is anadjective and Averyaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angry is recorded at frequency rank #34,511, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈæŋɡrɪ]. Avery is at rank #36,209, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 70720, this pair ranks #437,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of angry vs Avery

Shared letters: ary. Private to "angry": gn. Private to "Avery": ev.

"angry" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "Avery" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angryagnry · anggry · angrry · angryy · angyr · anngry · anrgy · nagry
  • Averyaevry · averry · averyy · aveyr · avrey · avvery · vaery

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "angry" for "Avery" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angry" is an adjective and "Avery" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "angry" or "Avery" show up more?
"angry" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,511 in our German list, against #36,209 for "Avery". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "angry" and "Avery". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angry" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Avery" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #437,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angry" and "Avery" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Avery vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #437,824 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list