almanach

/\al.ma.na(k)\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,047

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

almanach is aFrenchnoun. It means: Publication annuelle qui contient un calendrier astronomique avec les phases de la Lune, la durée des jours, les éclipses, etc., et divers conseils pratiques selon les saisons. Pronounced \al.ma.na(k)\.

Key facts for almanach
PropertyValue
Headwordalmanach
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.ma.na(k)\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,047
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of almanach in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for almanach is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \al.ma.na(k)\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,047 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for almanach, with forms such as "alamnach", "allmanach", and "almaanch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is almanach, spelled A-L-M-A-N-A-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Publication annuelle qui contient un calendrier astronomique avec les phases de la Lune, la durée des jours, les éclipses, etc., et divers conseils pratiques selon les saisons.
  2. 2
    Publication annuelle contenant des renseignements divers comme le tableau des diverses administrations et la liste des personnes qui y sont attachées, des documents statistiques, des notions sur les monnaies, sur les poids et mesures, etc.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alamnach,allmanach,almaanch,almanacch,almanachh,almanahc,almancah,almannach,almmanach,almnaach,amlanach,lamanach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for almanach

Misspelling Variants of "almanach"

alamnach8allmanach9almaanch8almanacch9almanachh9almanahc8almancah8almannach9
Misspelling Variants of "almanach"

Frequency rank: #30,047 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "almanach"?
"almanach" is spelled A-L-M-A-N-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \al.ma.na(k)\.
What does "almanach" mean?
As a noun, "almanach" means: Publication annuelle qui contient un calendrier astronomique avec les phases de la Lune, la durée des jours, les éclipses, etc., et divers conseils pratiques selon les saisons.
What are common misspellings of "almanach"?
Common misspellings include "alamnach", "allmanach", "almaanch", "almanacch", "almanachh". The correct spelling is "almanach".
How do you pronounce "almanach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "almanach" is \al.ma.na(k)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "almanach" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.