angostura

noun

"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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for angostura
PropertyValue
Headwordangostura
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “angostura” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).angosturafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Ananya” (#83,967), “anticonvulsant” (#83,971), “analogously” (#83,966). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “angostura” is #83,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Angostura bitters
  2. 2
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angostura"?
"angostura" is spelled A-N-G-O-S-T-U-R-A.
What does "angostura" mean?
As a noun, "angostura" means: Angostura bitters
What is the origin of the word "angostura"?
From the former name of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela. 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 "angostura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list