Anglesey
/ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/
"anglesey" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Anglesey” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #32,674 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #32,674
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anglesey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Anglesey” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Anglesey is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,674 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anglesey, with forms such as "agnlesey", "angelsey", and "angglesey". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Possibly of Old Norse origin, from Ǫngullsey (“hook island”) (ǫngull + ey) or Ǫnglisey (“Ǫngli's island”), the name Ǫngli itself being a variant of Ǫngull and from the former noun. Folk etymology confused the name with that of the Angles. More at Anglesey. The correct English form is Anglesey, spelled A-N-G-L-E-S-E-Y.
Definition
- 1An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county was merged into Gwynedd in 1974.
- 2A unitary authority in Wales, Isle of Anglesey County Council, created in 1996 when it was separated from Gwynedd.
- 3A marquisate in the peerage of the United Kingdom.
Etymology
Possibly of Old Norse origin, from Ǫngullsey (“hook island”) (ǫngull + ey) or Ǫnglisey (“Ǫngli's island”), the name Ǫngli itself being a variant of Ǫngull and from the former noun. Folk etymology confused the name with that of the Angles. More at Anglesey.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnlesey,angelsey,angglesey,angleesy,angleseyy,anglessey,anglesye,angllesey,anglseey,anlgesey,annglesey,naglesey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anglesey - 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.
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Using “Anglesey”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-G-L-E-S-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.