Anatole
/ˈænətoʊl/
"anatole" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Anatole” is uncommon English (frequency #54,612 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,612
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anatole · Anatole · English
Anatole · rank #54,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,612
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amplitudes
Nearest frequency peer: amplitudes (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Anatole”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alyson
Alyson
45,392 corpus weight
- Amory
Amory
45,391 corpus weight
- amplitudes
amplitudes
45,390 corpus weight
- Anatole
Anatole
45,389 corpus weight
- Anatolian
Anatolian
45,388 corpus weight
- angiotensin
angiotensin
45,387 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Anatole” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anatole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈænətoʊl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Anatole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Anatole is uncommon English at frequency #54,612 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈænətoʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Ancient Greek.".
Anatole doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Anatole, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with Latin Anatolius. The correct English form is Anatole, spelled A-N-A-T-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology
From French Anatole, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with Latin Anatolius.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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