patience of an angel

noun

"patience-of-an-angel" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“patience of an angel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A great deal of patience.

Key facts for patience of an angel
PropertyValue
Headwordpatience of an angel
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “patience of an angel” sits in English frequency

patience of an angel falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patience of an angel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A great deal of patience.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for patience of an angel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is patience of an angel, spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E- -O-F- -A-N- -A-N-G-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A great deal of patience.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patience of an angel"?
"patience of an angel" is spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E- -O-F- -A-N- -A-N-G-E-L.
What does "patience of an angel" mean?
As a noun, "patience of an angel" means: A great deal of patience.
What language does "patience of an angel" come from?
"patience of an angel" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “patience of an angel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E- -O-F- -A-N- -A-N-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list