Android

name

The verdict

“Android” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,205 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#4,205
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom d’un système d’exploitation pour téléphones portables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Android vs androïde
63% similar
Android vs Andrei
71% similar
Android vs adroit
57% similar

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

Key facts for Android
PropertyValue
HeadwordAndroid
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,205
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Android” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Android lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Android is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #4,205 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom d’un système d’exploitation pour téléphones portables.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Android, with forms such as "adnroid", "anddroid", and "andorid". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "androïde", "Andrei", "adroit", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Android, spelled A-N-D-R-O-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom d’un système d’exploitation pour téléphones portables.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adnroid,anddroid,andorid,andriod,androdi,androidd,andrroid,anndroid,anrdoid,nadroid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Android - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adnroid2anddroid1andorid2andriod2androdi2androidd1andrroid1anndroid1
Edit distance from "Android"

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 "Android"?
"Android" is spelled A-N-D-R-O-I-D.
What does "Android" mean?
As a proper noun, "Android" means: Nom d’un système d’exploitation pour téléphones portables.
What words are commonly confused with "Android"?
"Android" is commonly confused with "androïde", "Andrei", "adroit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Android" come from?
"Android" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Android”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-N-D-R-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “androïde” - see the side-by-side comparison. Android vs androïde
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list