Which to use
“anger” is a noun and “Angers” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,466
- “anger” frequency rank
- #32,274
- “Angers” frequency rank
- 35740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anger | Angers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation. | A city, the capital of Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France. |
Letter map: anger vs Angers
Shared letters muted; letters that set anger and Angers apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for anger / Angers
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: anger is anoun and Angersaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “anger” sits inside “Angers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anger is recorded at frequency rank #3,466, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈæ̞ŋɡə/. Angers is at rank #32,274, tagged as aname.
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 35740, this pair ranks #309,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of anger vs Angers
Shared letters: aegnr. Private to "anger": -. Private to "Angers": s.
"anger" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Angers" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "anger" and "Angers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "anger" vs "Angers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "anger" vs "Angers" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "anger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Angers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "anger" and "Angers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Angell vs Angers". 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 #309,333 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.