anesthésie

\a.nɛs.te.zi\

/\a.nɛs.te.zi\/ noun

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The verdict

“anesthésie” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,085
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suppression momentanée, générale ou partielle, de la sensibilité, produite par une maladie ou par certaines substances, telles que l’éther, le chloroforme, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anesthesie · anesthésie · French

anesthésie · rank #15,085 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,085
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allégeance

Nearest frequency peer: allégeance (-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 « anesthésie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anesthésie » 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).

anesthésie vs anesthésiste
83% similar

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

Key facts for anesthésie
PropertyValue
Headwordanesthésie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nɛs.te.zi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,085
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anesthésie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).anesthésiese 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 « allégeance » (#15,084), « Angoulême » (#15,086), « alliée » (#15,083). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anesthésie » est au #15,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around anesthésie (IPA \a.nɛs.te.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,085 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Suppression momentanée, générale ou partielle, de la sensibilité, produite par une maladie ou par certaines substances, telles que l’éther, le chloroforme, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for anesthésie, with forms such as "aensthésie", "aneshtésie", and "anessthésie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anesthésiste", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is anesthésie, spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suppression momentanée, générale ou partielle, de la sensibilité, produite par une maladie ou par certaines substances, telles que l’éther, le chloroforme, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le gars devait être plongé dans un sommeil voisin de l’anesthésie car je n’entendis qu’un faible grognement.
  2. Le schizothyme n'est ni gai ni triste, il est « sérieux », il oscille entre l'hyperesthésie et l’anesthésie, la sensibilité extrême et la froideur.

This word in other languages

anaesthesia(English)anestesia(Español)Anästhesie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aensthésie
  • aneshtésie
  • anessthésie
  • anesthesie
  • anesthhésie
  • anesthséie
  • anesthéise
  • anesthései
  • anesthéssie
  • anestthésie
  • anestéhsie
  • anetshésie
  • annesthésie
  • ansethésie
  • naesthésie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anesthésie - 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.

aensthésie2aneshtésie2anessthésie1anesthesie1anesthhésie1anesthséie2anesthéise2anesthései2
Edit distance from "anesthésie"

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 "anesthésie"?
"anesthésie" is spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɛs.te.zi\.
What does "anesthésie" mean?
As a noun, "anesthésie" means: Suppression momentanée, générale ou partielle, de la sensibilité, produite par une maladie ou par certaines substances, telles que l’éther, le chloroforme, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "anesthésie"?
"anesthésie" is commonly confused with "anesthésiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anesthésie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anesthésie" is \a.nɛs.te.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anesthésie" come from?
"anesthésie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allégeance#15,084écoulement#15,068cardiaques#15,103complètent#15,111

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

spécimens15 variantsdécrivant15 variantsdélicatesse15 variantssanctionner15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list