anglican
\ɑ̃.ɡli.kɑ̃\
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
- Amphibie
Amphibie
49,368 corpus weight
- analgésiques
analgésiques
49,367 corpus weight
- Andromaque
Andromaque
49,366 corpus weight
- anglican
anglican
49,365 corpus weight
- ANPE
ANPE
49,364 corpus weight
- anthrax
anthrax
49,363 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anglican » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « anglican » en français
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
- 1Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à l’anglicanisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anglican appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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