Angus
/ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
"angus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Angus” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,362 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #12,362
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Angus” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Angus is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,362 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Angus, with forms such as "agnus", "anggus", and "angsu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ans", "ants", "anus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice". The correct English form is Angus, spelled A-N-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
- 2A surname.
- 3A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).
- 4A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- 5A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- 6A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
- 7A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnus,anggus,angsu,anguss,anngus,anugs,nagus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Angus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Angus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-G-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ans” - see the side-by-side comparison. Angus vs ans
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.