angle
/ˈæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
"angle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angle” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,737
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
Corpus desk
Index EN-angle · angle · English
angle · rank #3,737 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,737
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amendment
Nearest frequency peer: amendment (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “angle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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96,267 corpus weight
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96,266 corpus weight
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96,265 corpus weight
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96,264 corpus weight
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96,263 corpus weight
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96,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “angle” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | angle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “angle” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around angle (IPA /ˈæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,737 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for angle, with forms such as "agnle", "anggle", and "anglle". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Anne", "axle", "ante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from La… The correct English form is angle, spelled A-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- 2The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- 3A corner where two walls intersect.
- 4A change in direction.
- 5A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- 6The focus of a news story.
- 7Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- 8A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- 9An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- 10A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
- 11Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how angle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the angle between lines A and B
The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agnle
- anggle
- anglle
- anlge
- anngle
- nagle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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- "angle" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Anne". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,737 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.