annexe

\a.nɛks\

/\a.nɛks\/ adj

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The verdict

“annexe” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,363
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est rattaché à un élément principal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-annexe · annexe · French

annexe · rank #6,363 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,363
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allié

Nearest frequency peer: allié (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « annexe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « annexe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

annexe vs Annie
50% similar
annexe vs apnée
50% similar
annexe vs annulé
50% similar

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

Key facts for annexe
PropertyValue
Headwordannexe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.nɛks\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,363
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « annexe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).annexese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « allié » (#6,362), « annulé » (#6,364), « affecté » (#6,361). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « annexe » est au #6,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around annexe (IPA \a.nɛks\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,363 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for annexe, with forms such as "anenxe", "anexe", and "anneex". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Annie", "apnée", "annulé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is annexe, spelled A-N-N-E-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est rattaché à un élément principal.
  2. 2
    Qui est secondaire, moins important.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. École annexe.
  2. Pièces annexes d’un dossier.

Synonyms

complémentairesecondaireaccessoiremineur

Antonyms

essentielprimordialprincipal

This word in other languages

appendix(English)anejo(Español)Anhang(Deutsch)anexo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anenxe
  • anexe
  • anneex
  • annexxe
  • annxee
  • nanexe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of annexe - 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.

anenxe2anexe1anneex2annexxe1annxee2nanexe2
Edit distance from "annexe"

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 "annexe"?
"annexe" is spelled A-N-N-E-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɛks\.
What does "annexe" mean?
As an adjective, "annexe" means: Qui est rattaché à un élément principal.
What words are commonly confused with "annexe"?
"annexe" is commonly confused with "Annie", "apnée", "annulé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "annexe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "annexe" is \a.nɛks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "annexe" come from?
"annexe" 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 "annexe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

annulé#6,364apparu#6,365voyais#6,354bombes#6,374

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

goutte6 variantsKarl6 variantsJimmy6 variantsgenou6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list