angustia

[ãŋˈgust̪ja]

/[ãŋˈgust̪ja]/ noun

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The verdict

“angustia” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,077
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-angustia · angustia · Spanish

angustia · rank #8,077 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,077
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH amistades

Nearest frequency peer: amistades (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “angustia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “angustia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

angustia vs Augusta
63% similar
angustia vs angustiado
80% similar
angustia vs angustiada
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “angustia”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.angustiacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “amistades” (#8,076), “africano” (#8,075), “anualmente” (#8,079). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “angustia” va en #8,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around angustia (IPA [ãŋˈgust̪ja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,077 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

aprietonáuseaestrechezangostura

This word in other languages

anguish(English)angoisse(Français)angústia(Português)

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.

agnustia2anggustia1angsutia2angusita2angusstia1angustai2angusttia1angutsia2
Edit distance from "angustia"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "angustia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

africano#8,075Virginia#8,071bautista#8,084Trujillo#8,067

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

vientre11 variantsboletos11 variantsCabrera11 variantsclausura11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list