anglaise

\ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\

/\ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“anglaise” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,235
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danse d’un mouvement très vif. Air sur lesquels on exécute cette danse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anglaise · anglaise · French

anglaise · rank #3,235 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,235
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adulte

Nearest frequency peer: adulte (-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 « anglaise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anglaise » 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).

anglaise vs anglois
75% similar
anglaise vs Angolais
63% similar
anglaise vs anglaises
89% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anglaise »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).anglaisese 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 « adulte » (#3,234), « applique » (#3,236), « actifs » (#3,233). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anglaise » est au #3,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around anglaise (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,235 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for anglaise, with forms such as "agnlaise", "angalise", and "angglaise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "anglois", "Angolais", "anglaises", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anglaise, spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Danser l’anglaise, une anglaise.
  2. Jouer une anglaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnlaise
  • angalise
  • angglaise
  • anglaies
  • anglaisse
  • anglasie
  • angliase
  • angllaise
  • anlgaise
  • annglaise
  • naglaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anglaise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agnlaise2angalise2angglaise1anglaies2anglaisse1anglasie2angliase2angllaise1
Edit distance from "anglaise"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

applique#3,236cultures#3,246sexuelle#3,223salaires#3,222

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chemins11 variantssportif11 variantsréalisée11 variantsdevaient11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list