angling

noun

"angling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“angling” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,450
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

Corpus desk

Index EN-angling · angling · English

angling · rank #28,450 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,450
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amit

Nearest frequency peer: amit (-1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “angling”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “angling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

angling vs arguing
71% similar
angling vs aging
71% similar
angling vs ageing
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for angling
PropertyValue
Headwordangling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,450
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “angling”

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).anglinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “amit” (#28,449), “anil” (#28,451), “amethyst” (#28,448). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “angling” is #28,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around angling, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,450 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for angling, with forms such as "agnling", "anggling", and "angilng". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "arguing", "aging", "ageing", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is angling, spelled A-N-G-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. It is a speciall point to have the sun and moon before you, for the very motion of the rod drives all pleasure from you, either by day or by night; in all your anglings, both with worms and flyes, there must be a great care of that.

Synonyms

the gentle craft

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnling
  • anggling
  • angilng
  • anglign
  • anglingg
  • anglinng
  • anglling
  • anglnig
  • anlging
  • anngling
  • nagling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angling - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agnling2anggling1angilng2anglign2anglingg1anglinng1anglling1anglnig2
Edit distance from "angling"

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 "angling"?
"angling" is spelled A-N-G-L-I-N-G.
What does "angling" mean?
As a noun, "angling" means: A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.
What words are commonly confused with "angling"?
"angling" is commonly confused with "arguing", "aging", "ageing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "angling" come from?
"angling" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list