ankle
/ˈæŋ.k(ə)l/
"ankle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ankle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,415
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ankle · ankle · English
ankle · rank #7,415 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,415
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amber
Nearest frequency peer: amber (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “ankle”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- admire
admire
92,589 corpus weight
- AF
AF
92,588 corpus weight
- amber
amber
92,587 corpus weight
- ankle
ankle
92,586 corpus weight
- armor
armor
92,585 corpus weight
- autism
autism
92,584 corpus weight
What this shows “ankle” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | ankle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæŋ.k(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ankle”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ankle (IPA /ˈæŋ.k(ə)l/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,415 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ankle, with forms such as "aknle", "ankel", and "ankkle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Anne", "axle", "ante", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Germanic *-ulaz Proto-Germanic *ankulaz Proto-West Germanic *ankul Old English *ancol Middle English ancle English ankle From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ank… The correct English form is ankle, spelled A-N-K-L-E.
Definition
- 1The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Germanic *-ulaz Proto-Germanic *ankulaz Proto-West Germanic *ankul Old English *ancol Middle English ancle English ankle From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”). Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aknle
- ankel
- ankkle
- anklle
- anlke
- annkle
- nakle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ankle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).