angostura
"angostura" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angostura” is uncommon English (frequency #83,969 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,969
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angostura bitters
Corpus desk
Index EN-angostura · angostura · English
angostura · rank #83,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,969
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ananya
Nearest frequency peer: Ananya (-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 “angostura”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- analogously
analogously
16,035 corpus weight
- Ananya
Ananya
16,034 corpus weight
- angostura
angostura
16,032 corpus weight
- anticonvuls…
anticonvulsant
16,030 corpus weight
- Apennines
Apennines
16,028 corpus weight
- arbutus
arbutus
16,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “angostura” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angostura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “angostura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
angostura is uncommon English at frequency #83,969 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
angostura doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the former name of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela. The correct English form is angostura, spelled A-N-G-O-S-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Angostura bitters
- 2A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.
Etymology
From the former name of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).