animé
/ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/
"anime" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“animé” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anime · animé · English
animé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | animé |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “animé” in English
Rare enough to double-check
animé is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.".
animé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French animé (“animated”), supposedly from the insects entrapped in it. Doublet of animate. The correct English form is animé, spelled A-N-I-M-É.
Definition
- 1The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.
Etymology
Borrowed from French animé (“animated”), supposedly from the insects entrapped in it. Doublet of animate.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.