anaérobie

\a.na.e.ʁɔ.bi\

/\a.na.e.ʁɔ.bi\/ adj

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The verdict

“anaérobie” is uncommon French (frequency #72,060 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,060
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vit sans air atmosphérique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anaerobie · anaérobie · French

anaérobie · rank #72,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,060
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ancrages

Nearest frequency peer: ancrages (+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 « anaérobie »

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 « anaérobie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anaérobie
PropertyValue
Headwordanaérobie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.na.e.ʁɔ.bi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,060
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anaérobie » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ancrages » (#72,061), « allocataire » (#72,057), « animus » (#72,063). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anaérobie » est au #72,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anaérobie is uncommon French at frequency #72,060 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.na.e.ʁɔ.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anaérobie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anaérobie, spelled A-N-A-É-R-O-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui vit sans air atmosphérique.
  2. 2
    Relatif à une activité biologique qui demande peu ou pas d’oxygène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’entraînement anaérobie améliore aussi l’efficacité du mouvement.
  2. Sur notre planète, la phosphine est synthétisée par des processus industriels mais aussi par certains organismes anaérobies que l’on trouve par exemple dans les rizières.

Synonyms

anaérobique

Antonyms

aérobie

This word in other languages

anaerobic(English)anaerobio(Español)anaerob(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 "anaérobie"?
"anaérobie" is spelled A-N-A-É-R-O-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.na.e.ʁɔ.bi\.
What does "anaérobie" mean?
As an adjective, "anaérobie" means: Qui vit sans air atmosphérique.
How do you pronounce "anaérobie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anaérobie" is \a.na.e.ʁɔ.bi\. 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 "anaérobie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list