aniseed
/ˈæ.nɪ.sid/
"aniseed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aniseed” is uncommon English (frequency #86,011 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,011
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aniseed · aniseed · English
aniseed · rank #86,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,011
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amparo
Nearest frequency peer: amparo (-2 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 “aniseed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Amhara
Amhara
13,994 corpus weight
- amitriptyli…
amitriptyline
13,993 corpus weight
- amparo
amparo
13,992 corpus weight
- aniseed
aniseed
13,990 corpus weight
- antediluvian
antediluvian
13,988 corpus weight
- anticorrupt…
anticorruption
13,986 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aniseed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aniseed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæ.nɪ.sid/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aniseed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aniseed is uncommon English at frequency #86,011 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæ.nɪ.sid/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aniseed, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English anece seed, aneys seede, annys sede, equivalent to anise + seed. The correct English form is aniseed, spelled A-N-I-S-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.
Etymology
From Middle English anece seed, aneys seede, annys sede, equivalent to anise + seed.
This word in other languages
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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