anger

//ˈæɳ.gəɹ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,265

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

anger is aPortuguesenoun. It means: raiva Pronounced /ˈæɳ.gəɹ/. Often confused with ante and Auge.

Key facts for anger
PropertyValue
Headwordanger
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈæɳ.gəɹ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,265
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anger in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for anger is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæɳ.gəɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #43,265 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "raiva".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for anger, with forms such as "agner", "anegr", and "angerr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ante", "Auge", "ater", 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 Portuguese form is anger, spelled A-N-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    raiva

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agner,anegr,angerr,angger,angre,annger,nager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anger

Misspelling Variants of "anger"

agner5anegr5angerr6angger6angre5annger6nager5
Misspelling Variants of "anger"

Frequency rank: #43,265 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anger"?
"anger" is spelled A-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈæɳ.gəɹ/.
What does "anger" mean?
As a noun, "anger" means: raiva
What words are commonly confused with "anger"?
"anger" is commonly confused with "ante", "Auge", "ater". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anger" is /ˈæɳ.gəɹ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anger" come from?
"anger" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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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.