ÁngelesvsangelsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Ángeles is a name, angels is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ángeles” is a name and “angels” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,914
“Ángeles” frequency rank
#37,949
“angels” frequency rank
40863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ángeles angels
Definition Nombre de pila de mujer. Forma del plural de angel

Letter map: Ángeles vs angels

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ángeles and angels apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Ángeles runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against angels's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Ángeles
6 ch
angels

Role in the sentence - Ángeles and angels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ángeles is aname and angelsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ángeles is recorded at frequency rank #2,914, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈãŋxeles]. angels is at rank #37,949, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40863, this pair ranks #156,784 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ángeles vs angels

Shared letters: eglns. Private to "Ángeles": á. Private to "angels": a.

"Ángeles" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "angels" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angels ← agnels · anegls · angells · angelss · angesl · anggels · angles · anngels

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Ángeles" for "angels" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ángeles" is a name and "angels" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Ángeles" or "angels" show up more?
"Ángeles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,914 in our Spanish list, against #37,949 for "angels". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Ángeles" vs "angels" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ángeles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #156,784 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ángeles" and "angels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ange vs angels". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #156,784 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list