anglican

\ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“anglican” is uncommon French (frequency #50,636 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,636
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anglican · anglican · French

anglican · rank #50,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,636
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Andromaque

Nearest frequency peer: Andromaque (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « anglican »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anglican » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anglican
PropertyValue
Headwordanglican
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,636
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anglican » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).anglicantombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Andromaque » (#50,635), « ANPE » (#50,637), « analgésiques » (#50,634). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anglican » est au #50,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anglican is uncommon French at frequency #50,636 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il n'y a pas de corporation ecclésiastique qui ait plus asservi aux circonstances ses doctrines et sa conduite que le haut clergé anglican.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anglican"?
"anglican" is spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\.
What does "anglican" mean?
As an adjective, "anglican" means: Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.
How do you pronounce "anglican"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anglican" is \ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anglican" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list