angelical
/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/
"angelical" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angelical” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
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.
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Index EN-angelical · angelical · English
angelical · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angelical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “angelical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
angelical is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.".
No misspelling variants are generated for angelical in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English aungelicale, from Latin angelicus + -al; equivalent to angel + -ical. The correct English form is angelical, spelled A-N-G-E-L-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how angelical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!
She was all angelical gentleness.
Etymology
From Middle English aungelicale, from Latin angelicus + -al; equivalent to angel + -ical.
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.