angola

/\an.ˈɡo.la\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,801

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

angola is anFrenchadj. It means: Angolais. Pronounced \an.ˈɡo.la\. Often confused with angot and Angolais.

Key facts for angola
PropertyValue
Headwordangola
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\an.ˈɡo.la\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,801
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of angola in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for angola is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \an.ˈɡo.la\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,801 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Angolais.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for angola, with forms such as "agnola", "anggola", and "angloa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "angot", "Angolais", "angle", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is angola, spelled A-N-G-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angolais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnola,anggola,angloa,angoal,angolla,anngola,anogla,nagola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for angola

Misspelling Variants of "angola"

agnola6anggola7angloa6angoal6angolla7anngola7anogla6nagola6
Misspelling Variants of "angola"

Frequency rank: #15,801 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angola"?
"angola" is spelled A-N-G-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \an.ˈɡo.la\.
What does "angola" mean?
As an adj, "angola" means: Angolais.
What words are commonly confused with "angola"?
"angola" is commonly confused with "angot", "Angolais", "angle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angola" is \an.ˈɡo.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angola" come from?
"angola" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.