anémoscope
\a.ne.mɔ.skɔp\
The verdict
“anémoscope” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outil qui sert à observer et prévoir les variations du vent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anemoscope · anémoscope · French
anémoscope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anémoscope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ne.mɔ.skɔp\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anémoscope » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anémoscope is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ne.mɔ.skɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anémoscope doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is anémoscope, spelled A-N-É-M-O-S-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Outil qui sert à observer et prévoir les variations du vent.
- 2Machine qui indique le poids de l’air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anémoscope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’anémoscope le plus simple est la girouette.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.