agneau

\a.ɲo\

/\a.ɲo\/ noun

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The verdict

“agneau” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,516. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,516
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit du bélier et de la brebis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agneau · agneau · French

agneau · rank #11,516 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,516
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affichent

Nearest frequency peer: affichent (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « agneau »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « agneau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

agneau vs Agnès
33% similar
agneau vs anneau
83% similar
agneau vs arceau
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for agneau
PropertyValue
Headwordagneau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ɲo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,516
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agneau »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).agneause place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affichent » (#11,515), « agriculteur » (#11,517), « adolescente » (#11,514). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agneau » est au #11,516. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around agneau (IPA \a.ɲo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,516 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for agneau, with forms such as "agenau", "aggneau", and "agnaeu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Agnès", "anneau", "arceau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is agneau, spelled A-G-N-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit du bélier et de la brebis.
  2. 2
    Viande de l’agneau.
  3. 3
    Cuir provenant de la peau d’un agneau.
  4. 4
    Laine de la première tonte de cet animal.
  5. 5
    Personne ayant le caractère supposé d’un agneau (doux, docile), image souvent opposée dans ce sens à celle du lion, du loup ou du requin.
  6. 6
    Symbole du Christ crucifié dans la religion chrétienne.
  7. 7
    Terme d’affection, réelle ou apparente.
  8. 8
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. À ne pas confondre avec l’agneau pascal qui fait l’objet d'une représentation distincte. À rapprocher de l’agneau pascal, du bélier, de la brebis ou du mouton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marie a un petit agneau, sa toison est blanche neige.
  2. Un agneau se désaltérait Dans le courant d’une onde pure.

This word in other languages

lamb(English)cordero(Español)Lamm(Deutsch)cordeiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agenau
  • aggneau
  • agnaeu
  • agneua
  • agnneau
  • angeau
  • ganeau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agneau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agenau2aggneau1agnaeu2agneua2agnneau1angeau2ganeau2
Edit distance from "agneau"

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 "agneau"?
"agneau" is spelled A-G-N-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ɲo\.
What does "agneau" mean?
As a noun, "agneau" means: Petit du bélier et de la brebis.
What words are commonly confused with "agneau"?
"agneau" is commonly confused with "Agnès", "anneau", "arceau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agneau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agneau" is \a.ɲo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agneau" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agneau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tomes7 variantschoux7 variantsroulé7 variantsDennis7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list