acanthe

Name: acanthe, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\a.kɑ̃t\

/\a.kɑ̃t\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“acanthe” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,248 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#67,248
frequency rank, French: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante du genre Acanthus, de la famille des Acanthaceae, remarquable par ses belles feuilles découpées, dont l’extrémité se recourbe naturellement.

Key facts for acanthe
Property	Value
Headword	acanthe
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\a.kɑ̃t\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#67,248
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acanthe” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). acanthe lands here:

#67,248

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for acanthe is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.kɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,248 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for acanthe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 acanthe, spelled A-C-A-N-T-H-E.

Definition

1
Plante du genre Acanthus, de la famille des Acanthaceae, remarquable par ses belles feuilles découpées, dont l’extrémité se recourbe naturellement.
2
Ornement imité de la feuille d’acanthe.

This word in other languages

acanthus(English)acanto(Español)Akanthus(Deutsch)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acanthe"?

"acanthe" is spelled A-C-A-N-T-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kɑ̃t\.

What does "acanthe" mean?

As a noun, "acanthe" means: Plante du genre Acanthus, de la famille des Acanthaceae, remarquable par ses belles feuilles découpées, dont l’extrémité se recourbe naturellement.

How do you pronounce "acanthe"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acanthe" is \a.kɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "acanthe" come from?

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Using “acanthe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is A-C-A-N-T-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \a.kɑ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.