anaphore
\a.na.fɔʁ\
The verdict
“anaphore” is uncommon French (frequency #68,800 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,800
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mot ou syntagme qui, dans un énoncé, assure une reprise sémantique d’un précédent segment appelé antécédent ou, plus simplement, rappelle par un moyen grammatical une idée déjà exprimée ou un fait ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anaphore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.na.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anaphore” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anaphore is uncommon French at frequency #68,800 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.na.fɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for anaphore in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anaphore, spelled A-N-A-P-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Mot ou syntagme qui, dans un énoncé, assure une reprise sémantique d’un précédent segment appelé antécédent ou, plus simplement, rappelle par un moyen grammatical une idée déjà exprimée ou un fait qui s’est déjà produit.
- 2Figure de style qui consiste en la répétition du ou des même(s) mot(s) au début de plusieurs phrases ou vers.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “anaphore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-A-P-H-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.na.fɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.