anches
\ɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“anches” is uncommon French (frequency #79,046 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,046
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de anche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anches · anches · French
anches · rank #79,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,046
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH américanisati…
Nearest frequency peer: américanisation (-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 « anches »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amu
amu
20,958 corpus weight
- aménageant
aménageant
20,957 corpus weight
- américanisa…
américanisation
20,956 corpus weight
- anches
anches
20,955 corpus weight
- anchor
anchor
20,954 corpus weight
- animalières
animalières
20,953 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anches » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anches » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anches is uncommon French at frequency #79,046 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de anche.".
No misspelling variants are generated for anches in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 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 anches, spelled A-N-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de anche.
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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