Anglo-American
"anglo-american" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Anglo-American” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anglo-american · Anglo-American · English
Anglo-American · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Anglo-American |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Anglo-American” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Anglo-American is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Anglo-American in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: From Anglo- + American. The correct English form is Anglo-American, spelled A-N-G-L-O---A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anglo-American appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indian woodworkers, from the obscure Virginia native John the Bowlmaker to the celebrated Mohegan preacher Samson Occom, carved not only the traditional bowls and spoons but also a flat-bottomed vessel specifically designed for Anglo-American tables.
Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.
Etymology
From Anglo- + American.
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.