anken
\ˈãŋ.kɛn\
The verdict
“anken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Angoisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anken · anken · French
anken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈãŋ.kɛn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈãŋ.kɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
anken has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 anken, spelled A-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Angoisse.
- 2Envie.
- 3Faim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anken am ren, Ankou am doug ; Anken gant he fenn, Ankou war e choug. Ankou hag Anken a zo va lezenn.
Terriñ an anken : rassasier.
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.