anglais

\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\

/\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“anglais” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#475
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’Angleterre ou à ses habitants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anglais · anglais · French

anglais · rank #475 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #475
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ancien

Nearest frequency peer: ancien (-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 « anglais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anglais » 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).

anglais vs anglois
86% similar
anglais vs anglaise
88% similar
anglais vs Angolais
75% similar

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

Key facts for anglais
PropertyValue
Headwordanglais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#475
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anglais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anglaisse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ancien » (#474), « certaines » (#476), « grands » (#477). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anglais » est au #475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around anglais (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #475 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anglais, with forms such as "agnlais", "angalis", and "angglais". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "anglois", "anglaise", "Angolais", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is anglais, spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’Angleterre ou à ses habitants.
  2. 2
    Relatif à la langue anglaise.
  3. 3
    Relatif à l'écriture cursive dite anglaise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les questions conjugales : « — Où vas-tu ? — À quelle heure te reverra-t-on ? — Reviens vite, » il fallut les refouler au fond de ma poitrine ; car la vie anglaise, — cette mort du cœur, — la vie des clubs et des cercles, l’absorba tout entier.
  2. C’est là, sans aucun doute, que près de cinquante navires anglais, danois et hollandais furent écrasés par les glaces en 1777.

Synonyms

anglophone

This word in other languages

English(English)inglés(Español)englisch(Deutsch)inglês(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnlais
  • angalis
  • angglais
  • anglaiss
  • anglasi
  • anglias
  • angllais
  • anlgais
  • annglais
  • naglais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anglais - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agnlais2angalis2angglais1anglaiss1anglasi2anglias2angllais1anlgais2
Edit distance from "anglais"

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 "anglais"?
"anglais" is spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\.
What does "anglais" mean?
As an adjective, "anglais" means: Relatif à l’Angleterre ou à ses habitants.
What words are commonly confused with "anglais"?
"anglais" is commonly confused with "anglois", "anglaise", "Angolais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anglais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anglais" is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anglais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

membres#480presque#484lorsque#465importe#462

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grands10 variantsmarché10 variantsmillions10 variantsparfois10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list