anche
\ɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“anche” is uncommon French (frequency #54,392 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,392
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Languette mobile qui ouvre et ferme alternativement le passage de l’air dans un tuyau, où on la fait vibrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anche · anche · French
anche · rank #54,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,392
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Amstel
Nearest frequency peer: Amstel (-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 « anche »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ambivalent
ambivalent
45,612 corpus weight
- amoindrie
amoindrie
45,611 corpus weight
- Amstel
Amstel
45,610 corpus weight
- anche
anche
45,609 corpus weight
- andalous
andalous
45,608 corpus weight
- angora
angora
45,607 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anche is uncommon French at frequency #54,392 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
anche has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anche, spelled A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Languette mobile qui ouvre et ferme alternativement le passage de l’air dans un tuyau, où on la fait vibrer.
- 2Demi-tuyau de cuivre pour l’orgue.
- 3Conduit par lequel la farine tombe du moulin dans la huche.
- 4Sorte de robinet de bois d'un tonneau, cannelle.
- 5Sorte de robinet de bois d'un tonneau, cannelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est de l’anche, qui est la partie la plus délicate du saxo, que dépend la « qualité du son ».
Inlassable fouineur, quand il s’agit de trouver des petits coins dans les morceaux de Thelonius, qu’il va chatouiller du bout de son anche.
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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