ânesse
\ɑ.nɛs\
The verdict
“ânesse” is uncommon French (frequency #63,464 among 14 “” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,464
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- “” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle de l’âne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anesse · ânesse · French
ânesse · rank #63,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,464
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 14
- PHOTO-FINISH zaïrois
Nearest frequency peer: zaïrois (-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 « ânesse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Yseult
Yseult
36,540 corpus weight
- yue
yue
36,539 corpus weight
- zaïrois
zaïrois
36,538 corpus weight
- ânesse
ânesse
36,537 corpus weight
- échangeons
échangeons
36,536 corpus weight
- éclairantes
éclairantes
36,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ânesse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ânesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ.nɛs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ânesse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ânesse is uncommon French at frequency #63,464 among 14 “” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ.nɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femelle de l’âne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ânesse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ânesse, spelled Â-N-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femelle de l’âne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ânesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En longeant le faîte des murailles épaisses qui entourent la ville, de la terrasse où croît la jusquiame blanche, je vois des ânesses paisibles couchées sur la paille chaude, les troupeaux serrés que ramènent les pasteurs et les fours flambants où les ménagères apprêtent le repas du soir.
Sitôt levé, Balaam sella son ânesse et partit avec les princes de Moab.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).