ange

/[ɑ̃ːʒ]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,513

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ange is aGermannoun. It means: Religion: (zumeist mit Flügeln gedachtes) überirdisches Wesen, das als Bote Gottes fungiert Pronounced [ɑ̃ːʒ]. Often confused with ans and are.

Key facts for ange
PropertyValue
Headwordange
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɑ̃ːʒ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,513
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ange in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ange is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɑ̃ːʒ]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,513 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Religion: (zumeist mit Flügeln gedachtes) überirdisches Wesen, das als Bote Gottes fungiert".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for ange, with forms such as "agne", "aneg", and "angge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ans", "are", "Ann", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ange, spelled A-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religion: (zumeist mit Flügeln gedachtes) überirdisches Wesen, das als Bote Gottes fungiert

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agne,aneg,angge,annge,nage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ange

Misspelling Variants of "ange"

agne4aneg4angge5annge5nage4
Misspelling Variants of "ange"

Frequency rank: #28,513 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ange"?
"ange" is spelled A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɑ̃ːʒ].
What does "ange" mean?
As a noun, "ange" means: Religion: (zumeist mit Flügeln gedachtes) überirdisches Wesen, das als Bote Gottes fungiert
What words are commonly confused with "ange"?
"ange" is commonly confused with "ans", "are", "Ann". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ange" is [ɑ̃ːʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ange" come from?
"ange" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.