ancêtres
\ɑ̃.sɛtʁ\
The verdict
“ancêtres” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,832
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ascendants qui sont plus éloignés que les grands-parents.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ancêtres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.sɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ancêtres” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around ancêtres (IPA \ɑ̃.sɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,832 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ancêtres, with forms such as "acnêtres", "anccêtres", and "ancetres". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ancrés", "ancêtre", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ancêtres, spelled A-N-C-Ê-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ascendants qui sont plus éloignés que les grands-parents.
- 2D'une manière générale, ceux qui nous ont précédé dans une même lignée, une même culture.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acnêtres
- anccêtres
- ancetres
- anctêres
- ancêrtes
- ancêters
- ancêtress
- ancêtrres
- ancêtrse
- ancêttres
- anncêtres
- anêctres
- nacêtres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ancêtres - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ancêtres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-C-Ê-T-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.sɛtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ancrés” - see the side-by-side comparison. ancêtres vs ancrés
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.