angor

\ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ\

/\ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“angor” is uncommon French (frequency #97,659 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,659
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cardiopathie qui est le résultat d’un manque d’apport d’oxygène au myocarde consécutif d'une artériosclérose des artères coronariennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-angor · angor · French

angor · rank #97,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,659
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH antico

Nearest frequency peer: antico (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « angor »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « angor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for angor
PropertyValue
Headwordangor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « angor » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).angortombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « antico » (#97,660), « anfractuosités » (#97,657), « approuvons » (#97,661). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « angor » est au #97,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

angor is uncommon French at frequency #97,659 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

angor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is angor, spelled A-N-G-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cardiopathie qui est le résultat d’un manque d’apport d’oxygène au myocarde consécutif d'une artériosclérose des artères coronariennes.
  2. 2
    Douleur, oppression pouvant aller jusqu'à l'angoisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les antagonistes calciques sont également indiqués dans la prise en charge de l’angor, ou angine de poitrine.
  2. Ne pas y recourir de manière abusive Ces médicaments peuvent être à l’origine d’effets indésirables graves au niveau cardiaque (hypertension artérielle, crise d’angor ou angine de poitrine) ou neurologique (convulsion, troubles du comportement, accident vasculaire), notamment s’ils ne sont pas utilisés conformément à leur autorisation de mise sur le marché.

Synonyms

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 "angor"?
"angor" is spelled A-N-G-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ\.
What does "angor" mean?
As a noun, "angor" means: Cardiopathie qui est le résultat d’un manque d’apport d’oxygène au myocarde consécutif d'une artériosclérose des artères coronariennes.
How do you pronounce "angor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angor" is \ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angor" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list