Anglicans
/ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kənz/
"anglicans" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Anglicans” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,936 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,936
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of Anglican
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anglicans |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kənz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Anglicans” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Anglicans is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kənz/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,936 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of Anglican".
Zero misspellings are on record for Anglicans in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is Anglicans, spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of Anglican
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 “Anglicans”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-G-L-I-C-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kənz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.