angustia
[ãŋˈgust̪ja]
The verdict
“angustia” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,077 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,077
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Miedo o inquietud que no responde a un objeto específico, sino que se presenta de manera difusa. A menudo aparece en pesadillas o espacios cerrados.
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 | angustia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãŋˈgust̪ja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “angustia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for angustia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãŋˈgust̪ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,077 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for angustia, with forms such as "agnustia", "anggustia", and "angsutia". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Augusta", "angustiado", "angustiada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is angustia, spelled A-N-G-U-S-T-I-A.
Definition
- 1Miedo o inquietud que no responde a un objeto específico, sino que se presenta de manera difusa. A menudo aparece en pesadillas o espacios cerrados.
- 2Coyuntura caracterizada por las privaciones materiales.
- 3En general, pena o sufrimiento que se experimenta como resultado de una situación o circunstancia.
- 4Situación de dificultad que genera inquietud o ansiedad.
- 5Sensación de presión en zonas del tórax o del estómago.
- 6Deseo de vomitar como resultado de una falla en la digestión.
- 7Condición de angosto en términos de lugar o de tiempo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnustia,anggustia,angsutia,angusita,angusstia,angustai,angusttia,angutsia,anngustia,anugstia,nagustia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angustia - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “angustia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-G-U-S-T-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãŋˈgust̪ja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Augusta” - see the side-by-side comparison. angustia vs Augusta
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.