anachronisme

\a.na.kʁɔ.nism\

/\a.na.kʁɔ.nism\/ noun

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The verdict

“anachronisme” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,428
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faute contre la chronologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anachronisme · anachronisme · French

anachronisme · rank #45,428 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,428
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ampère

Nearest frequency peer: ampère (-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 « anachronisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anachronisme » 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).

anachronisme vs anachronique
83% similar

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

Key facts for anachronisme
PropertyValue
Headwordanachronisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.na.kʁɔ.nism\
Letters12
Frequency rank#45,428
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anachronisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).anachronismese 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 « ampère » (#45,427), « alarmiste » (#45,426), « androgyne » (#45,430). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anachronisme » est au #45,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around anachronisme (IPA \a.na.kʁɔ.nism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,428 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for anachronisme, with forms such as "aanchronisme", "anacchronisme", and "anachhronisme". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anachronique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is anachronisme, spelled A-N-A-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faute contre la chronologie.
  2. 2
    Toute erreur qui consiste à attribuer des usages, des idées, etc., aux hommes d’une époque où ces idées, ces usages n’étaient pas encore connus ou en pratique.
  3. 3
    Usage propre à une époque révolue.
  4. 4
    Ce qui est digne d'une période révolue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et puis on découvrit — ce dont on aurait pu se douter à l’avance — que le rétablissement de la royauté, à la Henri V, c’est-à-dire avec son cortège d’idées désuètes et de principes périmés, était un anachronisme que la France de 1873 ne supporterait pas un instant.
  2. La Gaule était divisée en une multitude de petits états indépendants, […]. Chacun alors songeait à soi, à sa tribu ; et nous dirions volontiers, si nous ne craignions pas de commettre un anachronisme, que l’amour de la patrie était de l’intérêt de clocher.

This word in other languages

anachronism(English)anacronismo(Español)Anachronismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aanchronisme
  • anacchronisme
  • anachhronisme
  • anachornisme
  • anachrnoisme
  • anachroinsme
  • anachronimse
  • anachronisem
  • anachronismme
  • anachronissme
  • anachronnisme
  • anachronsime
  • anachrronisme
  • anacrhonisme
  • anahcronisme
  • ancahronisme
  • annachronisme
  • naachronisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anachronisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aanchronisme2anacchronisme1anachhronisme1anachornisme2anachrnoisme2anachroinsme2anachronimse2anachronisem2
Edit distance from "anachronisme"

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 "anachronisme"?
"anachronisme" is spelled A-N-A-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.na.kʁɔ.nism\.
What does "anachronisme" mean?
As a noun, "anachronisme" means: Faute contre la chronologie.
What words are commonly confused with "anachronisme"?
"anachronisme" is commonly confused with "anachronique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anachronisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anachronisme" is \a.na.kʁɔ.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anachronisme" come from?
"anachronisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

sentimentaux18 variantsrégionalisme18 variantsrédhibitoire18 variantsprimordiales18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list