angle

\ɑ̃ɡl\

/\ɑ̃ɡl\/ noun

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The verdict

“angle” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,754
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace entre deux lignes ou deux plans qui se croisent ; inclinaison d’une ligne par rapport à une autre ; se mesure en degrés, en grades ou en radians.

Corpus desk

Index FR-angle · angle · French

angle · rank #2,754 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,754
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affirme

Nearest frequency peer: affirme (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « angle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « angle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

angle vs anne
60% similar
angle vs anse
60% similar
angle vs ante
60% similar

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

Key facts for angle
PropertyValue
Headwordangle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃ɡl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,754
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « angle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anglese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affirme » (#2,753), « appui » (#2,755), « étudier » (#2,752). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « angle » est au #2,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around angle (IPA \ɑ̃ɡl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,754 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for angle, with forms such as "agnle", "anggle", and "anglle". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "anne", "anse", "ante", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is angle, spelled A-N-G-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espace entre deux lignes ou deux plans qui se croisent ; inclinaison d’une ligne par rapport à une autre ; se mesure en degrés, en grades ou en radians.
  2. 2
    Coin, extrémité d’une chose terminée par un croisement.
  3. 3
    Façon de voir ou de présenter les choses, point de vue.
  4. 4
    Rudesse ; aspérités.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how angle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’arbre, destiné à transmettre le mouvement aux meules, n’est pas tout-à-fait horizontal, et il fait avec l’horizon un angle d’environ 15°. Cet angle a été adopté, parce qu’on a remarqué que le vent ne souffle pas horizontalement, mais que sa direction plonge ordinairement un peu sur la surface de la terre.
  2. Que disait Joyon de cette trajectoire sur l’eau ? « Quand j’ai vu qu’il descendait le golfe de Gascogne deux nœuds plus vite que nous, avec de surcroît un bien meilleur angle au vent, j’ai compris que la messe était dite. »

This word in other languages

angle(English)ángulo(Español)Winkel(Deutsch)ângulo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnle
  • anggle
  • anglle
  • anlge
  • anngle
  • nagle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agnle2anggle1anglle1anlge2anngle1nagle2
Edit distance from "angle"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angle"?
"angle" is spelled A-N-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃ɡl\.
What does "angle" mean?
As a noun, "angle" means: Espace entre deux lignes ou deux plans qui se croisent ; inclinaison d’une ligne par rapport à une autre ; se mesure en degrés, en grades ou en radians.
What words are commonly confused with "angle"?
"angle" is commonly confused with "anne", "anse", "ante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angle" is \ɑ̃ɡl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angle" come from?
"angle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appui#2,755auras#2,757bière#2,761chère#2,764

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

sucre6 variantsremis6 variantspause6 variantsjack6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list