Angier
"angier" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Angier” is uncommon English (frequency #79,253 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,253
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-angier · Angier · English
Angier · rank #79,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,253
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anan
Nearest frequency peer: anan (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Angier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ampersand
ampersand
20,753 corpus weight
- anan
anan
20,750 corpus weight
- Angier
Angier
20,748 corpus weight
- Anschluss
Anschluss
20,745 corpus weight
- Aoife
Aoife
20,743 corpus weight
- Aotearoa
Aotearoa
20,742 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Angier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Angier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Angier is uncommon English at frequency #79,253 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
Angier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Patronymic surname from the Old French personal name Angier, probably a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) + *gaizaz (“spear, javelin”). The correct English form is Angier, spelled A-N-G-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
Patronymic surname from the Old French personal name Angier, probably a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) + *gaizaz (“spear, javelin”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).