# anil

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,451

## Definitions
1. The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
2. Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
3. 1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.

## Etymology
From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.

## Easily confused with
- **any** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-any)
- **Ann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-ann)
- **ant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-ant)
- **API** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-api)
- **Ari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-ari)
- **ans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-ans)
- **AOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-aol)
- **Avi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-avi)
- **ASL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-asl)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-asi)
- **APL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-apl)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-asia)
- **anna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-anna)
- **Anne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-anne)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-axis)
- **ants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-ants)
- **avid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-avid)
- **aria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-aria)
- **arid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-arid)
- **anon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anil-vs-anon)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ainl`, `anill`, `anli`, `annil`

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