Andreas

name

The verdict

“Andreas” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,614
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-andreas · Andreas · French

Andreas · rank #17,614 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,614
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ample

Nearest frequency peer: ample (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Andreas »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Andreas » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Andreas vs Andrew
71% similar
Andreas vs Andrée
57% similar
Andreas vs Andrei
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Andreas
PropertyValue
HeadwordAndreas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,614
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Andreas »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Andreasse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ample » (#17,613), « Angelina » (#17,615), « amicaux » (#17,612). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Andreas » est au #17,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Andreas, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,614 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Andreas, with forms such as "adnreas", "anddreas", and "anderas". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Andrew", "Andrée", "Andrei", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Andreas, spelled A-N-D-R-E-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Andreas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il a battu dans un sprint à deux le Norvégien Andreas Leknessund, qui a pu se consoler en prenant le maillot rose du leadeur du classement général.
  2. Le journaliste norvégien Andreas Selliaas, auteur de l’enquête, précise : « J’ai la preuve du mail d’une personne de la société Memmo proposant au club de Valerenga de fournir un texte que Fabrizio Romano s’engageait à publier sur ses réseaux sociaux en échange d’argent. Le but était de tenter de faire grimper la valeur marchande de joueurs que le cluub s…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnreas
  • anddreas
  • anderas
  • andraes
  • andreass
  • andresa
  • andrreas
  • anndreas
  • anrdeas
  • nadreas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Andreas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

adnreas2anddreas1anderas2andraes2andreass1andresa2andrreas1anndreas1
Edit distance from "Andreas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Andreas"?
"Andreas" is spelled A-N-D-R-E-A-S.
What does "Andreas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Andreas" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Andreas"?
"Andreas" is commonly confused with "Andrew", "Andrée", "Andrei". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Andreas" come from?
"Andreas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Andreas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list