anniversaire
\a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\
The verdict
“anniversaire” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,429 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,429
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Retour annuel d’un jour marqué par un événement.
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 | anniversaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #1,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anniversaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anniversaire is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,429 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for anniversaire, with forms such as "aninversaire", "aniversaire", and "annievrsaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anniversaires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anniversaire, spelled A-N-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Retour annuel d’un jour marqué par un événement.
- 2Date où échoit un nombre entier d'années qui suivent la naissance.
- 3Fête annuelle du jour de la naissance d’un individu.
- 4Service religieux que l’on fait pour un mort, au retour annuel du jour de son décès.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aninversaire,aniversaire,annievrsaire,anniverasire,anniverrsaire,anniversaier,anniversairre,anniversarie,anniversiare,anniverssaire,annivesraire,annivresaire,annivversaire,annviersaire,naniversaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anniversaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “anniversaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “anniversaires” - see the side-by-side comparison. anniversaire vs anniversaires
- 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.