anachronismes

\a.na.kʁɔ.nism\

/\a.na.kʁɔ.nism\/ noun

The verdict

“anachronismes” is uncommon French (frequency #58,404 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,404
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de anachronisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anachronismes · anachronismes · French

anachronismes · rank #58,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,404
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amusais

Nearest frequency peer: amusais (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « anachronismes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anachronismes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anachronismes
PropertyValue
Headwordanachronismes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.na.kʁɔ.nism\
Letters13
Frequency rank#58,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anachronismes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).anachronismestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « amusais » (#58,403), « andi » (#58,405), « ampères » (#58,402). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anachronismes » est au #58,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anachronismes is uncommon French at frequency #58,404 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.na.kʁɔ.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de anachronisme.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anachronismes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is anachronismes, spelled A-N-A-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de anachronisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le parcours extraordinaire de Napoléon a inspiré d’autres réalisateurs que Ridley Scott. Parfois pour des œuvres de qualité discutable, comme Rjevski contre Napoléon, de Maryus Vaysberg, sorti en Russie en 2012, comédie à base de gags grivois teintés d’homophobie et d’anachronismes.

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 "anachronismes"?
"anachronismes" is spelled A-N-A-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.na.kʁɔ.nism\.
What does "anachronismes" mean?
As a noun, "anachronismes" means: Pluriel de anachronisme.
How do you pronounce "anachronismes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anachronismes" is \a.na.kʁɔ.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list