angoisse
\ɑ̃.ɡwas\
The verdict
“angoisse” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,460 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,460
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anxiété extrême, accompagnée d’un serrement douloureux à l’épigastre, d’oppression et de palpitation. On l’observe dans plusieurs maladies, surtout dans les affections nerveuses.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angoisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡwas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “angoisse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for angoisse is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡwas\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,460 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for angoisse, with forms such as "agnoisse", "anggoisse", and "angiosse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "angoisses", "angoissée", "agisse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 French form is angoisse, spelled A-N-G-O-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Anxiété extrême, accompagnée d’un serrement douloureux à l’épigastre, d’oppression et de palpitation. On l’observe dans plusieurs maladies, surtout dans les affections nerveuses.
- 2Grande affliction d’esprit mêlée d’une vive inquiétude.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnoisse,anggoisse,angiosse,angoise,angoises,angosise,anngoisse,anogisse,nagoisse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angoisse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “angoisse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-G-O-I-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡwas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “angoisses” - see the side-by-side comparison. angoisse vs angoisses
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.