anguille

/\ɑ̃.ɡij\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,613

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

anguille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Poisson osseux de la forme d’un serpent, couverts d’une peau glissante, et dont les nageoires caudales, anales et dorsales sont continues, habituellement d’eau douce et se reproduisant dans l’océan... Pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡij\. Often confused with annuelle and anguilles.

Key facts for anguille
PropertyValue
Headwordanguille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,613
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anguille in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for anguille is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡij\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,613 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for anguille, with forms such as "agnuille", "angguille", and "angiulle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "annuelle", "anguilles", "aiguille", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is anguille, spelled A-N-G-U-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson osseux de la forme d’un serpent, couverts d’une peau glissante, et dont les nageoires caudales, anales et dorsales sont continues, habituellement d’eau douce et se reproduisant dans l’océan, de la famille des anguillidés.
  2. 2
    Personne qui manœuvre adroitement pour s’échapper ou se sortir de l’embarras.
  3. 3
    Ceinture.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnuille,angguille,angiulle,anguile,anguilel,angulile,annguille,anugille,naguille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anguille

Misspelling Variants of "anguille"

agnuille8angguille9angiulle8anguile7anguilel8angulile8annguille9anugille8
Misspelling Variants of "anguille"

Frequency rank: #26,613 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anguille"?
"anguille" is spelled A-N-G-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡij\.
What does "anguille" mean?
As a noun, "anguille" means: Poisson osseux de la forme d’un serpent, couverts d’une peau glissante, et dont les nageoires caudales, anales et dorsales sont continues, habituellement d’eau douce et se reproduisant dans l’océan...
What words are commonly confused with "anguille"?
"anguille" is commonly confused with "annuelle", "anguilles", "aiguille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anguille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anguille" is \ɑ̃.ɡij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anguille" come from?
"anguille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.