anis

Name: anis, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\a.nis\

/\a.nis\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“anis” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,690) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#27,690
frequency rank, French: 6,727
“A” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante odoriférante de la famille des ombellifères, qui porte une graine de même nom, dont on se sert en médecine et dont on fait aussi de petites dragées, de l’anisette, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anis · anis · French

anis · rank #27,690 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,690
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,727
PHOTO-FINISH apothéose

Nearest frequency peer: apothéose (+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.

AMF

72,314
amphi

72,313
anis

72,311
apothéose

72,310
archange

72,309
archevêché

72,308

What this shows Les barres placent « anis » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

anis vs As

25% similar

anis vs ans

75% similar

anis vs Ann

25% similar

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

Key facts for anis
Property	Value
Headword	anis
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\a.nis\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#27,690
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « anis »

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

#27,690

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apothéose » (#27,691), « amphi » (#27,688), « archange » (#27,692). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anis » est au #27,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for anis is neighbouring look-alikes ("As", "ans", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \a.nis\. Frequency #27,690 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for anis, with forms such as "aniss", "annis", and "ansi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ans", "Ann", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is anis, spelled A-N-I-S.

Definition

1
Plante odoriférante de la famille des ombellifères, qui porte une graine de même nom, dont on se sert en médecine et dont on fait aussi de petites dragées, de l’anisette, etc.
2
Graine d’anis.
3
Plante au parfum similaire à celui de l'anis
4
Dragée que l’on fait avec de l’anis.
5
Vert clair passé teinté de jaune. #9FE855

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

L’anis vient dans les terres chaudes et légères.
Manger de l’anis.

This word in other languages

anise(English)anís(Español)Anis(Deutsch)anis(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aniss
annis
ansi
nais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "anis"

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 "anis"?

"anis" is spelled A-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nis\.

What does "anis" mean?

As a noun, "anis" means: Plante odoriférante de la famille des ombellifères, qui porte une graine de même nom, dont on se sert en médecine et dont on fait aussi de petites dragées, de l’anisette, etc.

What words are commonly confused with "anis"?

"anis" is commonly confused with "As", "ans", "Ann". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "anis"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anis" is \a.nis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "anis" come from?

"anis" 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 "anis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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