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angle

an·gle/ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/noun, verb

angle is spelled A-N-G-L-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables (an·gle). It appears 24 times per million words in written English, the 3,752nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, angle means “A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of angle is angles.

How many letters and syllables are in angle?

Letters5: A-N-G-L-E
Syllables2: an·gle
In writing24 times per million words; the 3,752nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is angle?

Angle appears 24 times per million words in written English, the 3,752nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce angle?

  • /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
  • [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩]
  • US /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/

Angle has 2 syllables, split an·gle in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-angle.wav, En-us-angle.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame--angle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with angle?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as angle from its last stressed vowel (/eɪŋɡəl/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: angel, glean, genal, lenga.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of angle

  • angles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • angling participle, present
  • angled participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does angle mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

    the angle between lines A and B

  2. 2

    The 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.

    The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.

  3. 3

    A corner where two walls intersect.

    an angle of a building

  4. 4

    A change in direction.

    The horse took off at an angle.

  5. 5

    A viewpoint; a physical position to observe something.

  6. 6

    A point of view; a perspective of thought.

  7. 7

    The focus of a news story.

  8. 8

    Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

  9. 9

    A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

verb

  1. 1

    To place (something) at an angle.

    The roof is angled at 15 degrees.

  2. 2

    informalTo change direction rapidly.

    The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.

  3. 3

    informalTo present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

    How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?

  4. 4

    To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

  5. 5

    To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

  6. 6

    informalTo attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

    He must be angling for a pay rise.

noun

as Angle
  1. 1

    A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Angle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchangle (geometrical figure), coin (corner where two walls intersect), point de vue (viewpoint)
GermanWinkel (geometrical figure), Ecke, Wandecke, Aussenecke, Innenecke (corner where two walls intersect), angeln (to fish with hook and line)
Portugueseângulo (geometrical figure), esquina, canto (corner where two walls intersect), ponto de vista (viewpoint), pescar (com linha) (to fish with hook and line), anglo (a member of the ancient Germanic tribe)
Spanishángulo (geometrical figure), esquina, rincón (corner where two walls intersect), punto de vista (viewpoint), pescar con anzuelo, pescar con caña (to fish with hook and line)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does angle come from?

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.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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