Anker

name

The verdict

“Anker” is uncommon French (frequency #82,670 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,670
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Société chinoise proposant des stations de stockage et des batteries externes

Corpus desk

Index FR-anker · Anker · French

Anker · rank #82,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,670
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aniline

Nearest frequency peer: aniline (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Anker »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Anker » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anker
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Anker » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Ankertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « aniline » (#82,669), « annotées » (#82,671), « Andriy » (#82,667). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Anker » est au #82,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anker is uncommon French at frequency #82,670 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Société chinoise proposant des stations de stockage et des batteries externes".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Anker, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Anker, spelled A-N-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Société chinoise proposant des stations de stockage et des batteries externes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avec 60 000 mAh (ampère heure) dans la boîte (l’équivalent de dix recharges de smartphones ou de trois recharges d’ordinateur), Anker a eu l’idée d’une batterie portable pour les grands voyageurs.
  2. La PowerCore 24K, ou modèle 737, d’Anker est une excellente batterie.

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 "Anker"?
"Anker" is spelled A-N-K-E-R.
What does "Anker" mean?
As a proper noun, "Anker" means: Société chinoise proposant des stations de stockage et des batteries externes
What language does "Anker" come from?
"Anker" 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 "Anker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list