anglerfish
/ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/
"anglerfish" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anglerfish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anglerfish · anglerfish · English
anglerfish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anglerfish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anglerfish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anglerfish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.".
Zero misspellings are on record for anglerfish in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From angler + fish. The correct English form is anglerfish, spelled A-N-G-L-E-R-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.
Etymology
From angler + fish.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.