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Annex or annexe?

annex is a noun meaning “An addition, an extension”; annexe is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of annex”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) annex is about 9.8 times as common as annexe.

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What is the difference between annex and annexe?

annexannexe
Part of speechnoun, verbnoun, verb
Meaning

USAn addition, an extension

USAn appendix to a book or document

USTo add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate

UKAlternative spelling of annex

ExampleThe ancient city of Petra was annexed by Romenone recorded
Formsannexesannexes
Pronunciation/ˈænɛks/ /əˈnɛks/not recorded
In writing3.2 times per million wordsabout once in every 3 million words

Sources: annex and annexe in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Every current meaning of annex and annexe

annex

  1. 1

    noun USAn addition, an extension

  2. 2

    verb USTo add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate

    The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome

  3. 3

    noun USAn appendix to a book or document

  4. 4

    verb USTo attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc

    to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt

  5. 5

    noun USAn addition or extension to a building

  6. 6

    verb USTo join; to be united

  7. 7

    noun USAn addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighboring country or state, normally by military force

  8. 8

    verb USTo take something without permission (informal)

    I returned to resume my place but my assistant had already annexed my chair

annexe

  1. 1

    noun UKAlternative spelling of annex

  2. 2

    verb UKAlternative spelling of annex

Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.

Which is more common, annex or annexe?

annex appears 3.2 times per million words; annexe about once in every 3 million words.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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