anglicisme

\ɑ̃.ɡli.sism\

/\ɑ̃.ɡli.sism\/ noun

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The verdict

“anglicisme” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,147
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot ou locution emprunté à la langue anglaise et utilisé dans une autre langue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anglicisme · anglicisme · French

anglicisme · rank #47,147 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,147
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH angevin

Nearest frequency peer: angevin (-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 « anglicisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anglicisme » 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
Key facts for anglicisme
PropertyValue
Headwordanglicisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡli.sism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,147
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anglicisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anglicismese 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 « angevin » (#47,146), « angoissante » (#47,148), « angelus » (#47,145). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anglicisme » est au #47,147. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around anglicisme (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡli.sism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,147 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for anglicisme, with forms such as "agnlicisme", "angglicisme", and "angilcisme". 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is anglicisme, spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot ou locution emprunté à la langue anglaise et utilisé dans une autre langue.
  2. 2
    Idiotisme propre à la langue anglaise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a lieu également d’éviter les anglicismes, tel l’emploi du verbe « présumer » pour « supposer », « impacter » pour « affecter », « générer » pour « engendrer » ou encore ministre « en charge de » pour « chargé de ».
  2. Si certains sont réfractaires aux anglicismes, force est de constater que le verbe spoiler est dans toutes les bouches, et décrit une révélation de nature à gâcher le plaisir. Un gros divulgâchis quoi, tabarnak !

This word in other languages

anglicism(English)Anglizismus(Deutsch)anglicismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnlicisme
  • angglicisme
  • angilcisme
  • anglciisme
  • angliccisme
  • anglicimse
  • anglicisem
  • anglicismme
  • anglicissme
  • anglicsime
  • angliicsme
  • angllicisme
  • anlgicisme
  • annglicisme
  • naglicisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anglicisme - 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.

agnlicisme2angglicisme1angilcisme2anglciisme2angliccisme1anglicimse2anglicisem2anglicismme1
Edit distance from "anglicisme"

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 "anglicisme"?
"anglicisme" is spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡli.sism\.
What does "anglicisme" mean?
As a noun, "anglicisme" means: Mot ou locution emprunté à la langue anglaise et utilisé dans une autre langue.
What are common misspellings of "anglicisme"?
Common misspellings include "agnlicisme", "angglicisme", "angilcisme", "anglciisme", "angliccisme". The correct spelling is "anglicisme".
How do you pronounce "anglicisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anglicisme" is \ɑ̃.ɡli.sism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anglicisme" come from?
"anglicisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apparenter#47,151arabesques#47,153agitateurs#47,136agissaient#47,135

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

apparentées15 variantsépargnent15 variantséchéancier15 variantsvulgariser15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list