aneth
\a.nɛt\
The verdict
“aneth” is uncommon French (frequency #68,035 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,035
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anethum, genre de plantes aromatiques de la famille des apiacées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aneth · aneth · French
aneth · rank #68,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,035
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH analysait
Nearest frequency peer: analysait (-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 « aneth »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amincisseme…
amincissement
31,969 corpus weight
- anagrammes
anagrammes
31,968 corpus weight
- analysait
analysait
31,967 corpus weight
- aneth
aneth
31,966 corpus weight
- anglos
anglos
31,964 corpus weight
- animatrices
animatrices
31,963 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aneth » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aneth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aneth » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aneth is uncommon French at frequency #68,035 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aneth doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aneth, spelled A-N-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1Anethum, genre de plantes aromatiques de la famille des apiacées.
- 2Aneth odorant (Anethum graveolens), dont la semence est tonique et carminative, notamment utilisée dans la cuisine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aneth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parsemez d’aneth (ou de menthe) hachée et de sumac, arrosez d’un trait d’huile d’olive et servez immédiatement.
Les mets étaient agrémentés de plantes aromatiques (aneth, coriandre, sarriette), mais aussi de miel et d’huile d’olive importée d’Espagne, accompagnés de vin d’Italie ou du sud de la Gaule.
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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