anglaise

/\ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,235

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

anglaise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Danse d’un mouvement très vif. Air sur lesquels on exécute cette danse. Pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. It ranks #3,235 in French word frequency. Often confused with anglois and Angolais.

Key facts for anglaise
PropertyValue
Headwordanglaise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,235
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anglaise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for anglaise is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,235 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for anglaise, with forms such as "agnlaise", "angalise", and "angglaise". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "anglois", "Angolais", "anglaises", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is anglaise, spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Danse d’un mouvement très vif. Air sur lesquels on exécute cette danse.
  2. 2
    Boucles de cheveux allongées qui retombent le long des joues ou derrière les oreilles.
  3. 3
    Écriture cursive penchée vers la droite.
  4. 4
    Galons de fil dont les tapissiers se servent pour border les étoffes qu’ils emploient en meubles.
  5. 5
    Pinte, mesure qui était employée à Paris, avant le système métrique ^([1]).
  6. 6
    Cigarette d'origine anglaise.
  7. 7
    Moto ou voiture d’origine anglaise.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnlaise,angalise,angglaise,anglaies,anglaisse,anglasie,angliase,angllaise,anlgaise,annglaise,naglaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anglaise

Misspelling Variants of "anglaise"

agnlaise8angalise8angglaise9anglaies8anglaisse9anglasie8angliase8angllaise9
Misspelling Variants of "anglaise"

Frequency rank: #3,235 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anglaise"?
"anglaise" is spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\.
What does "anglaise" mean?
As a noun, "anglaise" means: Danse d’un mouvement très vif. Air sur lesquels on exécute cette danse.
What words are commonly confused with "anglaise"?
"anglaise" is commonly confused with "anglois", "Angolais", "anglaises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anglaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anglaise" is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anglaise" come from?
"anglaise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.