Angleterre
\ɑ̃.ɡlə.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“Angleterre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,220 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #1,220
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays d’Europe qui ne jouit pas vraiment du statut de nation au plan international, n’étant que la subdivision principale de la Grande-Bretagne et donc du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angleterre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡlə.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Angleterre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Angleterre is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡlə.tɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,220 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Angleterre, with forms such as "agnleterre", "angelterre", and "anggleterre". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Angleterre, spelled A-N-G-L-E-T-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pays d’Europe qui ne jouit pas vraiment du statut de nation au plan international, n’étant que la subdivision principale de la Grande-Bretagne et donc du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord, bordé au nord par l’Écosse, à l’est par la mer du Nord, au sud par la Manche, à l’ouest par le canal de Bristol, le Pays de Galles et la mer d’Irlande. Sa capitale est Londres. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est ENG.
- 2Grande-Bretagne.
- 3Royaume-Uni.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnleterre,angelterre,anggleterre,angleetrre,angletere,angleterer,angletrere,angletterre,anglleterre,anglteerre,anlgeterre,anngleterre,nagleterre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Angleterre - 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.
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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Using “Angleterre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-G-L-E-T-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡlə.tɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.