anglican
\ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\
The verdict
“anglican” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,636 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #50,636
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anglican |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anglican” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anglican is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,636 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.".
Zero misspellings are on record for anglican in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anglican, spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.
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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Using “anglican”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-G-L-I-C-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.