analogie

/\a.na.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,521

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

analogie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ressemblance évoquée entre deux ou plusieurs choses, personnes ou réalités différentes qui ne sont toutefois pas identiques. Pronounced \a.na.lɔ.ʒi\. Often confused with anatomie and apologie.

Key facts for analogie
PropertyValue
Headwordanalogie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.na.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,521
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for analogie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.na.lɔ.ʒi\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,521 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for analogie, with forms such as "aanlogie", "analgoie", and "anallogie". 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 also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "anatomie", "apologie", "analogue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 analogie, spelled A-N-A-L-O-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ressemblance évoquée entre deux ou plusieurs choses, personnes ou réalités différentes qui ne sont toutefois pas identiques.
  2. 2
    Rapport qu’ont entre eux certains mots ou certaines lettres.
  3. 3
    Dans la science de l’évolution, ensemble des organes apparentés présentant des éléments structuraux communs mais n’ayant pas nécessairement la même fonction, ainsi que les organes de différents êtres vivants, hérités d’un ancêtre commun qui ont subi une modification et une spécialisation au cours du temps.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aanlogie,analgoie,anallogie,analogei,analoggie,analoige,anaolgie,anlaogie,annalogie,naalogie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for analogie

Misspelling Variants of "analogie"

aanlogie8analgoie8anallogie9analogei8analoggie9analoige8anaolgie8anlaogie8
Misspelling Variants of "analogie"

Frequency rank: #11,521 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "analogie"?
"analogie" is spelled A-N-A-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.na.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "analogie" mean?
As a noun, "analogie" means: Ressemblance évoquée entre deux ou plusieurs choses, personnes ou réalités différentes qui ne sont toutefois pas identiques.
What words are commonly confused with "analogie"?
"analogie" is commonly confused with "anatomie", "apologie", "analogue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "analogie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "analogie" is \a.na.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "analogie" come from?
"analogie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.