Which to use
“André” is a name and “angry” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,833
- “André” frequency rank
- #2,191
- “angry” frequency rank
- 23024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | André | angry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew. | Displaying or feeling anger. |
Where the eye mixes André and angry
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. André and angry follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between André and angry
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: André is /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/ while angry is /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
André is recorded at frequency rank #20,833, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/. angry is at rank #2,191, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 23024, this pair ranks #412,280 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of André vs angry
Shared letters: anr. Private to "André": dé. Private to "angry": gy.
"André" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "angry" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- angry ← agnry · anggry · angrry · angryy · angyr · anngry · anrgy · nagry
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "André" and "angry" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "André" vs "angry" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "André" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,280 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "André" and "angry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ando vs André". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #412,280 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.