Anime

/[ˈanime]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,275

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Anime is aGermannoun. It means: jede Art japanischer Animationsfilme oder Animationsserien Pronounced [ˈanime]. It ranks #7,275 in German word frequency. Often confused with arme and anne.

Key facts for Anime
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnime
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈanime]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,275
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Anime in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Anime is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanime]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,275 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jede Art japanischer Animationsfilme oder Animationsserien".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Anime, with forms such as "ainme", "aniem", and "animme". 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, "arme", "anne", "Anke", 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 German form is Anime, spelled A-N-I-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jede Art japanischer Animationsfilme oder Animationsserien

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ainme,aniem,animme,anmie,annime,naime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Anime

Misspelling Variants of "Anime"

ainme5aniem5animme6anmie5annime6naime5
Misspelling Variants of "Anime"

Frequency rank: #7,275 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anime"?
"Anime" is spelled A-N-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanime].
What does "Anime" mean?
As a noun, "Anime" means: jede Art japanischer Animationsfilme oder Animationsserien
What words are commonly confused with "Anime"?
"Anime" is commonly confused with "arme", "anne", "Anke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Anime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anime" is [ˈanime]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anime" come from?
"Anime" is a German 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.