Angkor
"angkor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Angkor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,521
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angkor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Angkor” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Angkor, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,521 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Angkor, with forms such as "agnkor", "anggkor", and "angkkor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "anglo", "angler", "angora", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Khmer អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “Capital City”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of negara and Nagari. The correct English form is Angkor, spelled A-N-G-K-O-R.
Definition
- 1A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
- 2Ellipsis of Angkor Wat.
Etymology
From Khmer អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “Capital City”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of negara and Nagari.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agnkor
- anggkor
- angkkor
- angkorr
- angkro
- angokr
- ankgor
- anngkor
- nagkor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Angkor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Angkor"?
What does "Angkor" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Angkor"?
What is the origin of the word "Angkor"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “Angkor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-G-K-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “anglo” - see the side-by-side comparison. Angkor vs anglo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.