angora

Name: angora, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/æŋˈɡɔːɹə/

//æŋˈɡɔːɹə// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“angora” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,465
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-angora · angora · English

angora · rank #47,465 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

FREQ-MID #47,465
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH Angelus

Nearest frequency peer: Angelus (-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.

anaphylaxis

52,539
Ando

52,538
Angelus

52,537
angora

52,536
anyplace

52,535
appetizing

52,533

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

angora vs angry

67% similar

angora vs ANOVA

0% similar

angora vs Arora

50% similar

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

Key facts for angora
Property	Value
Headword	angora
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/æŋˈɡɔːɹə/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#47,465
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	17
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “angora”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).angoralands here:

#47,465

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Angelus” (#47,464), “anyplace” (#47,466), “Ando” (#47,463). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “angora” is #47,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around angora (IPA /æŋˈɡɔːɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,465 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for angora, with forms such as "agnora", "anggora", and "angoar". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "angry", "ANOVA", "Arora", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”). The correct English form is angora, spelled A-N-G-O-R-A.

Definition

1
A Turkish Angora cat.
2
A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.
3
A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).
4
The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
5
The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.

Etymology

From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”).

This word in other languages

Angorakaninchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agnora
anggora
angoar
angorra
angroa
anngora
anogra
nagora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angora - 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.

Edit distance from "angora"

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 "angora"?

"angora" is spelled A-N-G-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /æŋˈɡɔːɹə/.

What does "angora" mean?

As a noun, "angora" means: A Turkish Angora cat.

What words are commonly confused with "angora"?

"angora" is commonly confused with "angry", "ANOVA", "Arora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "angora"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angora" is /æŋˈɡɔːɹə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "angora"?

From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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