anneau
\a.no\
The verdict
“anneau” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,164 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,164
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cercle fait d’une matière dure et qui sert à attacher quelque chose.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anneau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.no\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anneau” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anneau is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.no\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,164 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for anneau, with forms such as "aneau", "anenau", and "annaeu". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "année", "années", "annexe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anneau, spelled A-N-N-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Cercle fait d’une matière dure et qui sert à attacher quelque chose.
- 2Bague de cette forme.
- 3Quelque chose qui rappelle cette forme.
- 4Figure plane délimitée par deux cercles concentriques ; couronne.
- 5Voie de cette forme, à l’usage des véhicules (rond-point) ou à usage sportif. → voir boulevard périphérique
- 6Ouverture circulaire qui sert principalement au passage d’un organe corporel.
- 7Ornement figurant une chaîne, qui sert à décorer des frises, des balustrades ou des moulures.
- 8Anneau planétaire.
- 9Agrès de gymnastique composé de deux cercles de métal fixés au bout de deux cordes suspendues à un portique.
- 10Anneau de course.
- 11Meuble représentant un anneau dans les armoiries. Il est peu souvent utilisé parce qu’il peut être confondu avec un annelet. À rapprocher de annelet et cyclamor.
- 12Objet de jonglerie.
- 13Cerne ; périphrase pour anneau de croissance.
- 14Rang de cellules spécialisées situé entre le haut d'une capsule et son opercule (rôle lors de la déhiscence).
- 15Partie d'un rond point qui une fois parcourue ramène à la position de départ.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aneau,anenau,annaeu,anneua,naneau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anneau - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “anneau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-N-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.no\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “année” - see the side-by-side comparison. anneau vs année
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.