Anglin

name

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"anglin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Anglin” is uncommon English (frequency #90,136 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,136
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-anglin · Anglin · English

Anglin · rank #90,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,136
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH anesthetist

Nearest frequency peer: anesthetist (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Anglin”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Anglin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anglin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnglin
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Anglin” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Anglinfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “anesthetist” (#90,134), “Anscombe” (#90,138), “Ansley” (#90,139). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Anglin” is #90,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anglin is uncommon English at frequency #90,136 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Anglin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Anglin, spelled A-N-G-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Anglin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Anglin is a well-known “1488er” and an avowed white supremacist.
  2. On 11 June 1962, three absquatulating abscotchalaters – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – became perhaps the only inmates of Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California, ever to successfully escape the facility.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anglin"?
"Anglin" is spelled A-N-G-L-I-N.
What does "Anglin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Anglin" means: A surname.
What language does "Anglin" come from?
"Anglin" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Anglin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ansley#90,139Akbari#90,119asiago#90,154baster#90,183

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list