angel of death

noun

"angel-of-death" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“angel of death” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.

Corpus desk

Index EN-angel-of-death · angel of death · English

angel of death · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for angel of death
PropertyValue
Headwordangel of death
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “angel of death” in English

angel of deathsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

angel of death is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for angel of death in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is angel of death, spelled A-N-G-E-L- -O-F- -D-E-A-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
  2. 2
    A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
  3. 3
    A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
  4. 4
    A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
  5. 5
    A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
  6. 6
    A type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.
  7. 7
    Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. New evidence could lead to the freeing of a nurse known as the “angel of death” who was convicted of killing four patients.

Synonyms

death angel

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angel of death"?
"angel of death" is spelled A-N-G-E-L- -O-F- -D-E-A-T-H.
What does "angel of death" mean?
As a noun, "angel of death" means: A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
What language does "angel of death" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list