anguilles

\ɑ̃.ɡij\

/\ɑ̃.ɡij\/ noun

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The verdict

“anguilles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,171
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de anguille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anguilles · anguilles · French

anguilles · rank #37,171 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,171
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH animait

Nearest frequency peer: animait (+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 « anguilles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anguilles » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

anguilles vs Antilles
67% similar
anguilles vs annuelles
78% similar
anguilles vs aiguille
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for anguilles
PropertyValue
Headwordanguilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡij\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,171
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anguilles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anguillesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « animait » (#37,172), « appliques » (#37,173), « anagramme » (#37,168). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anguilles » est au #37,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around anguilles (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,171 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de anguille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for anguilles, with forms such as "agnuilles", "angguilles", and "angiulles". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Antilles", "annuelles", "aiguille", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anguilles, spelled A-N-G-U-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de anguille.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnuilles
  • angguilles
  • angiulles
  • anguilels
  • anguiles
  • anguilless
  • anguillse
  • anguliles
  • annguilles
  • anugilles
  • naguilles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anguilles - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agnuilles2angguilles1angiulles2anguilels2anguiles1anguilless1anguillse2anguliles2
Edit distance from "anguilles"

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 "anguilles"?
"anguilles" is spelled A-N-G-U-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡij\.
What does "anguilles" mean?
As a noun, "anguilles" means: Pluriel de anguille.
What words are commonly confused with "anguilles"?
"anguilles" is commonly confused with "Antilles", "annuelles", "aiguille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anguilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anguilles" is \ɑ̃.ɡij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anguilles" come from?
"anguilles" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appliques#37,173anagramme#37,168arrachant#37,177articulés#37,179

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

amovible11 variantsAthanase11 variantsattenante11 variantsaffectera11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list