angstrom
/ˈæŋstɹəm/
"angstrom" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angstrom” is uncommon English (frequency #97,787 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,787
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electrom...
Corpus desk
Index EN-angstrom · angstrom · English
angstrom · rank #97,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,787
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH angioedema
Nearest frequency peer: angioedema (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “angstrom”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- americium
americium
2,219 corpus weight
- anet
anet
2,217 corpus weight
- Angelino
Angelino
2,216 corpus weight
- angioedema
angioedema
2,215 corpus weight
- angstrom
angstrom
2,214 corpus weight
- Ansan
Ansan
2,210 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “angstrom” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angstrom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋstɹəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “angstrom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
angstrom is uncommon English at frequency #97,787 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæŋstɹəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electrom...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for angstrom, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström. The correct English form is angstrom, spelled A-N-G-S-T-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.
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); 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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