angustia

/[ãŋˈgust̪ja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,077

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

angustia is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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. Pronounced [ãŋˈgust̪ja]. It ranks #8,077 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Augusta and angustiado.

Key facts for angustia
PropertyValue
Headwordangustia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ãŋˈgust̪ja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,077
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of angustia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for angustia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for angustia, with forms such as "agnustia", "anggustia", and "angsutia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Augusta", "angustiado", "angustiada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is angustia, spelled A-N-G-U-S-T-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Coyuntura caracterizada por las privaciones materiales.
  3. 3
    En general, pena o sufrimiento que se experimenta como resultado de una situación o circunstancia.
  4. 4
    Situación de dificultad que genera inquietud o ansiedad.
  5. 5
    Sensación de presión en zonas del tórax o del estómago.
  6. 6
    Deseo de vomitar como resultado de una falla en la digestión.
  7. 7
    Condición de angosto en términos de lugar o de tiempo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnustia,anggustia,angsutia,angusita,angusstia,angustai,angusttia,angutsia,anngustia,anugstia,nagustia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for angustia

Misspelling Variants of "angustia"

agnustia8anggustia9angsutia8angusita8angusstia9angustai8angusttia9angutsia8
Misspelling Variants of "angustia"

Frequency rank: #8,077 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angustia"?
"angustia" is spelled A-N-G-U-S-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ãŋˈgust̪ja].
What does "angustia" mean?
As a noun, "angustia" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "angustia"?
"angustia" is commonly confused with "Augusta", "angustiado", "angustiada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angustia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angustia" is [ãŋˈgust̪ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angustia" come from?
"angustia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.