Which to use
“ange” is a noun and “angry” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,455
- “ange” frequency rank
- #26,270
- “angry” frequency rank
- 58725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ange | angry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | anjo | irritado, com raiva, zangado, furioso, colérico |
Letter map: ange vs angry
Shared letters muted; letters that set ange and angry apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for ange / angry
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ange is anoun and angryanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ange is recorded at frequency rank #32,455, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɑ̃ʒ/. angry is at rank #26,270, tagged as anadj.
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 58725, this pair ranks #8,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ange vs angry
Shared letters: agn. Private to "ange": e. Private to "angry": ry.
"ange" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "angry" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ange" and "angry" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ange" or "angry"?
Useful next steps
Pair "ange" vs "angry" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ange" 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 #8,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ange" and "angry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alce vs ange". 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 #8,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.