Anhui

name

The verdict

“Anhui” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Province intérieure de l’est de la Chine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anhui · Anhui · French

Anhui · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Anhui
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnhui
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Anhui » en français

Anhuireste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anhui is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Province intérieure de l’est de la Chine.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Anhui, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Anhui, spelled A-N-H-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Province intérieure de l’est de la Chine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La chaîne de montagnes Huangshan est l’un des 29 sites de l’Anhui à avoir offert une entrée gratuite samedi, après que la Chine ait assoupli certaines de ses fermetures motivées par les coronavirus, bien que les autorités aient peut-être sous-estimé l’engouement provoqué.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anhui"?
"Anhui" is spelled A-N-H-U-I.
What does "Anhui" mean?
As a proper noun, "Anhui" means: Province intérieure de l’est de la Chine.
What language does "Anhui" come from?
"Anhui" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list