aanstellen

verb

The verdict

“aanstellen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engager, embaucher, affecter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aanstellen · aanstellen · French

aanstellen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for aanstellen
PropertyValue
Headwordaanstellen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aanstellen » en français

aanstellensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aanstellen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aanstellen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aanstellen, spelled A-A-N-S-T-E-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Engager, embaucher, affecter.
  2. 2
    Constituer.
  3. 3
    Minauder, poser, faire du cinéma, faire des chichis, faire des siennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aanstellen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Iemand aanstellen om toezicht te houden.
  2. Iemand tot burgemeester aanstellen.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aanstellen"?
"aanstellen" is spelled A-A-N-S-T-E-L-L-E-N.
What does "aanstellen" mean?
As a verb, "aanstellen" means: Engager, embaucher, affecter.
What language does "aanstellen" come from?
"aanstellen" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list