angelus

noun

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The verdict

“angelus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,940
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gottesbote, Engel

Corpus desk

Index DE-angelus · angelus · German

angelus · rank #47,940 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,940
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angefressen

Nearest frequency peer: angefressen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „angelus“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „angelus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

angelus vs Angel
57% similar
angelus vs Angela
57% similar
angelus vs angeln
71% similar

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

Key facts for angelus
PropertyValue
Headwordangelus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,940
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „angelus“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.angelusliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „angefressen“ (#47,939), „anheizen“ (#47,941), „angefeindet“ (#47,938). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angelus“ bei #47,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around angelus, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,940 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for angelus, with forms such as "agnelus", "aneglus", and "angellus". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Angel", "Angela", "angeln", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is angelus, spelled A-N-G-E-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gottesbote, Engel
  2. 2
    das Ave Maria (als Gebet nach Lukas 1,28)
  3. 3
    Fahne mit dem Bild des Erzengel Michael

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „tunc reliquit eum diabolus et ecce angeli accesserunt et ministrabant ei“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnelus
  • aneglus
  • angellus
  • angelsu
  • angeluss
  • angeuls
  • anggelus
  • angleus
  • anngelus
  • nagelus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agnelus2aneglus2angellus1angelsu2angeluss1angeuls2anggelus1angleus2
Edit distance from "angelus"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angelus"?
"angelus" is spelled A-N-G-E-L-U-S.
What does "angelus" mean?
As a noun, "angelus" means: Gottesbote, Engel
What words are commonly confused with "angelus"?
"angelus" is commonly confused with "Angel", "Angela", "angeln". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "angelus" come from?
"angelus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Angeber#47,936Astoria#47,954Übermut#47,900ärgsten#47,892

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Annaberg10 variantsaufessen10 variantsBeiwerk10 variantsbemisst10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list