anbrennen
\ˈanˌbʁɛnən\
The verdict
“anbrennen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enflammer, allumer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anbrennen · anbrennen · French
anbrennen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anbrennen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈanˌbʁɛnən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anbrennen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈanˌbʁɛnən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anbrennen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is anbrennen, spelled A-N-B-R-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Enflammer, allumer.
- 2Brûler, attacher (au fond de la casserole).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anbrennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Milchreis auf kleiner Flamme quellen lassen und dabei ständig rühren, damit er nicht anbrennt.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.