angry
an·gry/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/adjective, noun
angry is spelled A-N-G-R-Y, 2 syllables: an·gry. The wrong spelling people search most is angery: about 130 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 26 of all searches for the word. Angry is an adjective meaning “Displaying or feeling anger”.
How many letters and syllables are in angry?
| Letters | 5: A-N-G-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: an·gry |
| In writing | 46 times per million words; the 2,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, angery, about 130 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell angry?
Angry is spelled A-N-G-R-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 26 of the searches for angry in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is angry?
Angry appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce angry?
- US /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/
- [ˈɛŋ-]
- [ˈeɪ̯ŋ-]
Angry has 2 syllables, split an·gry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-angry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with angry?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as angry (/æŋɡɹi/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rangy.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of angry
- angrier comparative
- more angry comparative
- angriest superlative
- most angry superlative
- angries plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- angrying participle, present
- angried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does angry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Displaying or feeling anger.
His face became angry.
- 2
Inflamed and painful.
The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
- 3
Dark and stormy, menacing.
Angry clouds raced across the sky.
noun
- 1
informalrareAn angry person.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo anger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Angry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fâché, en colère, furieux, énervé |
| German | böse, verärgert, zornig |
| Portuguese | bravo, raivoso, irritado, zangado , inflamado |
| Spanish | enojado, enfadado, cabreado, enchilado, emputado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does angry come from?
From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).