# anemone

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈnɛm.ə.ni/ · frequency rank #49,187

## Definitions
1. Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
2. A sea anemone.

## Etymology
From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”).
Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”).

## Easily confused with
- **anyone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anemone-vs-anyone)
- **anymore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anemone-vs-anymore)
- **acetone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acetone-vs-anemone)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aenmone`, `anemmone`, `anemnoe`, `anemoen`, `anemonne`, `aneomne`, `anmeone`, `annemone`, `naemone`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anemone