anglo-américain
\ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“anglo-américain” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entre le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anglo-américain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anglo-américain” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anglo-américain is 15 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anglo-américain in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is anglo-américain, spelled A-N-G-L-O---A-M-É-R-I-C-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Entre le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis.
- 2Relatif aux États-Uniens d’origine anglaise.
- 3D’origine anglaise ou nord-américaine.
- 4Relatif à l’anglais américain (langue).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “anglo-américain”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-G-L-O---A-M-É-R-I-C-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\ (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.