angelic

/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/

//ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk// adj

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"angelic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“angelic” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,376
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

Corpus desk

Index EN-angelic · angelic · English

angelic · rank #24,376 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,376
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amplifiers

Nearest frequency peer: amplifiers (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “angelic”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “angelic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

angelic vs angels
71% similar
angelic vs Angelo
57% similar
angelic vs Anglia
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for angelic
PropertyValue
Headwordangelic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,376
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “angelic”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).angeliclands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “amplifiers” (#24,375), “antisocial” (#24,377), “allotment” (#24,374). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “angelic” is #24,376. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around angelic (IPA /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,376 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for angelic, with forms such as "agnelic", "aneglic", and "angeilc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "angels", "Angelo", "Anglia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, “of or for… The correct English form is angelic, spelled A-N-G-E-L-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
  2. 2
    Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
  4. 4
    A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. an angelic child
  2. The choir sang in angelic voices.

Etymology

From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel + -ic. Doublet of angelique (“plant of the genus Angelica”) and angélique (“plucked bowl lute”).

Synonyms

angelicangelicalangellikeangellycherubiccherubicalcherublikeseraphic

Antonyms

diabolicalfallen angelichellborninfernaldisangelicalunangelicunangelicaluncherubicunseraphicnonangelic

This word in other languages

angélico(Español)angélique(Français)engelhaft(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnelic
  • aneglic
  • angeilc
  • angelci
  • angelicc
  • angellic
  • anggelic
  • angleic
  • anngelic
  • nagelic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angelic - 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.

agnelic2aneglic2angeilc2angelci2angelicc1angellic1anggelic1angleic2
Edit distance from "angelic"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angelic"?
"angelic" is spelled A-N-G-E-L-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/.
What does "angelic" mean?
As an adjective, "angelic" means: Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
What words are commonly confused with "angelic"?
"angelic" is commonly confused with "angels", "Angelo", "Anglia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angelic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angelic" is /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "angelic"?
From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "angelic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list