anisette
noun
anisette is spelled A-N-I-S-E-T-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anisette means “A French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anisette is anisettes.
How many letters and syllables are in anisette?
| Letters | 8: A-N-I-S-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is anisette?
Anisette appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anisette?
- US
Anisette has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-anisette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anisette
- anisettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anisette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anisette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense alcoholic liqueur:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anisette come from?
Borrowed from French anisette, from anis + -ette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).