angina

noun

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The verdict

“angina” is uncommon German (frequency #58,542 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,542
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzündung des Rachens; Halsentzündung

Corpus desk

Index DE-angina · angina · German

angina · rank #58,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,542
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angesiedelte

Nearest frequency peer: angesiedelte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „angina“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „angina“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for angina
PropertyValue
Headwordangina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „angina“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).anginafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angesiedelte“ (#58,541), „angreifenden“ (#58,543), „angehender“ (#58,540). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angina“ bei #58,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

angina is uncommon German at frequency #58,542 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

angina has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is angina, spelled A-N-G-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entzündung des Rachens; Halsentzündung
  2. 2
    Bedrückung, Beklemmung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti, ut veneficae illi / fauces prehendam atque enicem scelestam stimulatricem.“ (Plaut. Mos. 218–219)
  2. „sues moriuntur angina acerrume;“(Plaut. Trin. 540)

Synonyms

angor

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 "angina"?
"angina" is spelled A-N-G-I-N-A.
What does "angina" mean?
As a noun, "angina" means: Entzündung des Rachens; Halsentzündung
What language does "angina" come from?
"angina" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Antoni#58,551aquila#58,553Alfeld#58,522Attika#58,563

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list