angelus

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,940

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

angelus is aGermannoun. It means: Gottesbote, Engel Often confused with Angel and Angela.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for angelus is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #47,940 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for angelus, with forms such as "agnelus", "aneglus", and "angellus". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Angel", "Angela", "angeln", 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 angelus, spelled A-N-G-E-L-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnelus,aneglus,angellus,angelsu,angeluss,angeuls,anggelus,angleus,anngelus,nagelus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for angelus

Misspelling Variants of "angelus"

agnelus7aneglus7angellus8angelsu7angeluss8angeuls7anggelus8angleus7
Misspelling Variants of "angelus"

Frequency rank: #47,940 in German

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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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.