anguish
[æŋ̩ɡwɪʃ]
The verdict
“anguish” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leid, Pein, Qual, Schmerz
Corpus desk
Index DE-anguish · anguish · German
anguish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anguish |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [æŋ̩ɡwɪʃ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anguish“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anguish is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [æŋ̩ɡwɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leid, Pein, Qual, Schmerz".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anguish, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anguish, spelled A-N-G-U-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Leid, Pein, Qual, Schmerz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anguish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The rejection filled her with anguish.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.