anagram
/ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/
"anagram" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anagram” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,027
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anagram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anagram” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around anagram (IPA /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,027 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anagram, with forms such as "aangram", "anagarm", and "anaggram". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”). The correct English form is anagram, spelled A-N-A-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
Etymology
Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aangram
- anagarm
- anaggram
- anagramm
- anagrma
- anagrram
- anargam
- angaram
- annagram
- naagram
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anagram - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “anagram”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-A-G-R-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.