anastomose

\a.nas.tɔ.moz\

/\a.nas.tɔ.moz\/ noun

The verdict

“anastomose” is uncommon French (frequency #80,859 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,859
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Embouchure d’un vaisseau dans un autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anastomose · anastomose · French

anastomose · rank #80,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,859
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anarchiques

Nearest frequency peer: anarchiques (-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 « anastomose »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anastomose
PropertyValue
Headwordanastomose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nas.tɔ.moz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anastomose » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).anastomosetombe 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: « anarchiques » (#80,858), « anaérobies » (#80,860), « aménageurs » (#80,857). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anastomose » est au #80,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anastomose is uncommon French at frequency #80,859 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.nas.tɔ.moz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for anastomose in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is anastomose, spelled A-N-A-S-T-O-M-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Embouchure d’un vaisseau dans un autre.
  2. 2
    Communication entre deux conduits de même nature ou entre deux nerfs.
  3. 3
    Réunion de différents canaux, de cours d'eau.
  4. 4
    Interveinure reliant les lames de certains champignons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’anastomose des veines, des artères.
  2. Par ailleurs, la perte du réservoir rectal après anastomose colorectale très basse ou anastomose colo-anale directe est souvent responsable de troubles de l’exonération et d’une augmentation de fréquence des selles.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anastomose"?
"anastomose" is spelled A-N-A-S-T-O-M-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nas.tɔ.moz\.
What does "anastomose" mean?
As a noun, "anastomose" means: Embouchure d’un vaisseau dans un autre.
How do you pronounce "anastomose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anastomose" is \a.nas.tɔ.moz\. 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 "anastomose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list