angot

/\ɑ̃.ɡo\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,646

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

angot is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit reptile inoffensif, synonyme d'orvet. Pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡo\. Often confused with anno and argo.

Key facts for angot
PropertyValue
Headwordangot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,646
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for angot is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡo\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,646 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Petit reptile inoffensif, synonyme d'orvet.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for angot, with forms such as "agnot", "anggot", and "angott". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "anno", "argo", "Anjou", 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 angot, spelled A-N-G-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit reptile inoffensif, synonyme d'orvet.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnot,anggot,angott,angto,anngot,anogt,nagot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for angot

Misspelling Variants of "angot"

agnot5anggot6angott6angto5anngot6anogt5nagot5
Misspelling Variants of "angot"

Frequency rank: #38,646 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angot"?
"angot" is spelled A-N-G-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡo\.
What does "angot" mean?
As a noun, "angot" means: Petit reptile inoffensif, synonyme d'orvet.
What words are commonly confused with "angot"?
"angot" is commonly confused with "anno", "argo", "Anjou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angot" is \ɑ̃.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angot" come from?
"angot" 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.