anni
\ˈan.ni\
The verdict
“anni” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,640 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,640
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de anno.
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 | anni |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈan.ni\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anni” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anni is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈan.ni\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,640 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de anno.".
anni has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ans", "API", "any", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anni, spelled A-N-N-I.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de anno.
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 “anni”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈan.ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ans” - see the side-by-side comparison. anni vs ans
- 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.