Anbar
\an.baʁ\
The verdict
“Anbar” is uncommon French (frequency #83,579 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,579
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - province de l’Ouest de l’Irak.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anbar · Anbar · French
Anbar · rank #83,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,579
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH anathèmes
Nearest frequency peer: anathèmes (-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 « Anbar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alourdissem…
alourdissement
16,426 corpus weight
- Altrad
Altrad
16,425 corpus weight
- amnistiés
amnistiés
16,424 corpus weight
- anathèmes
anathèmes
16,423 corpus weight
- Anbar
Anbar
16,422 corpus weight
- annonceront
annonceront
16,419 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Anbar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anbar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \an.baʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Anbar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Anbar is uncommon French at frequency #83,579 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \an.baʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "province de l’Ouest de l’Irak.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Anbar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Anbar, spelled A-N-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1province de l’Ouest de l’Irak.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En outre, selon les Nations unies, environ 180 000 personnes ont fui les combats dans la ville irakienne de Hit, dans la province d’Anbar au centre du pays, depuis qu’elle est tombée aux mains des djihadistes du groupe État islamique (EI) le 2 octobre.
« Nous ne céderons pas tant que nous n’aurons pas vaincu tous les groupes terroristes et sauvé notre peuple à Anbar », a assuré le premier ministre Nouri al-Maliki, selon des propos rapportés par la télévision d’État.
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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