andrevsangryWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: andre is a name, angry is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“andre” is a name and “angry” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,393
“andre” frequency rank
#34,406
“angry” frequency rank
52799
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature andre angry
Definition Femme, épouse. En colère, fâché, furieux.

Letter map: andre vs angry

Shared letters muted; letters that set andre and angry apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
andre
5 ch
angry

Part-of-speech tell for andre / angry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: andre is aname and angryanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52799, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

andre is recorded at frequency rank #18,393, classified as aname. angry is at rank #34,406, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈæŋ.ɡɹi\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 52799, this pair ranks #145,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of andre vs angry

Shared letters: anr. Private to "andre": de. Private to "angry": gy.

"andre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "angry" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • andreadnre · anddre · ander · andrre · anndre · anrde · nadre
  • angryagnry · anggry · angrry · angryy · angyr · anngry · anrgy · nagry

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "andre" and "angry" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "andre" is a name and "angry" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "andre" vs "angry" - which ranks higher?
"andre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,393 in our French list, against #34,406 for "angry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "andre" and "angry".

  • Full dictionary entry for "andre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "andre" and "angry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agri vs angry". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #145,205 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list