anglet

\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\

/\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“anglet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,701
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite cavité en angle, qui sépare les bossages et dont le profil offre à peu près la figure d’un V couché (>).

Corpus desk

Index FR-anglet · anglet · French

anglet · rank #36,701 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,701
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amputer

Nearest frequency peer: amputer (-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 « anglet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anglet » 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).

anglet vs anglo
67% similar
anglet vs angot
67% similar
anglet vs ange
67% similar

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

Key facts for anglet
PropertyValue
Headwordanglet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,701
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anglet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).angletse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « amputer » (#36,700), « ANSM » (#36,702), « altérations » (#36,699). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anglet » est au #36,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around anglet (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,701 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for anglet, with forms such as "agnlet", "angelt", and "angglet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "anglo", "angot", "ange", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is anglet, spelled A-N-G-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite cavité en angle, qui sépare les bossages et dont le profil offre à peu près la figure d’un V couché (>).
  2. 2
    Nom donné aux quatre symboles Unicode « ⌊ ⌋ ⌈ ⌉ » utilisés pour les planchers et plafonds dans la section intitulée « signes techniques divers ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnlet
  • angelt
  • angglet
  • anglett
  • angllet
  • anglte
  • anlget
  • annglet
  • naglet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anglet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agnlet2angelt2angglet1anglett1angllet1anglte2anlget2annglet1
Edit distance from "anglet"

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 "anglet"?
"anglet" is spelled A-N-G-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\.
What does "anglet" mean?
As a noun, "anglet" means: Petite cavité en angle, qui sépare les bossages et dont le profil offre à peu près la figure d’un V couché (>).
What words are commonly confused with "anglet"?
"anglet" is commonly confused with "anglo", "angot", "ange". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anglet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anglet" is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anglet" come from?
"anglet" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

assujetti9 variantsattirera9 variantsaxiomes9 variantsboudoir9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list