gangly
/ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/
"gangly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gangly” is an uncommon English word, ranked #76,791 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #76,791
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gangly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gangly” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gangly is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/. Corpus data places it at rank #76,791 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gangly, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: An American English alteration of gangling. The correct English form is gangly, spelled G-A-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
Etymology
An American English alteration of gangling.
Synonyms
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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 “gangly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-N-G-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.