# angina

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/ · frequency rank #38,281

## Definitions
1. Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
2. Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
3. An inflammatory infection of the throat, especially quinsy; any sore throat, with or without tooth and gum involvement.

## Etymology
From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

## Easily confused with
- **anna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-anna)
- **Anita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-anita)
- **anima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-anima)
- **Angola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-angola)
- **Antifa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-antifa)
- **Anglia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-anglia)
- **Annika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-annika)
- **angora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-angora)
- **angling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angina-vs-angling)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-angina)
- **Angie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angie-vs-angina)
- **Alina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alina-vs-angina)
- **Amina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amina-vs-angina)
- **Angela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angela-vs-angina)
- **Angelina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angelina-vs-angina)

## Common misspellings (8)
`agnina`, `anggina`, `angian`, `anginna`, `angnia`, `anigna`, `anngina`, `nagina`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/angina