anniversaire

\a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\

/\a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“anniversaire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,429
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retour annuel d’un jour marqué par un événement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anniversaire · anniversaire · French

anniversaire · rank #1,429 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,429
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH établissement

Nearest frequency peer: établissement (-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 « anniversaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anniversaire » 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).

anniversaire vs anniversaires
92% similar

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

Key facts for anniversaire
PropertyValue
Headwordanniversaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#1,429
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anniversaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anniversairese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « établissement » (#1,428), « belles » (#1,430), « unité » (#1,427). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anniversaire » est au #1,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around anniversaire (IPA \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,429 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Retour annuel d’un jour marqué par un événement.
  2. 2
    Date où échoit un nombre entier d'années qui suivent la naissance.
  3. 3
    Fête annuelle du jour de la naissance d’un individu.
  4. 4
    Service religieux que l’on fait pour un mort, au retour annuel du jour de son décès.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui tout est devenu si confus que les curés prétendent être les meilleurs de tous les démocrates ; ils ont adopté la Marseillaise pour leur hymne de parti ; et si on les en priait un peu fort, ils illumineraient pour l’anniversaire du 10 août 1792.
  2. La cité mosane prospère tant et si bien qu’en 1905, elle réussit à chiper à Bruxelles la célébration du 75ᵉ anniversaire de l’indépendance, tout en affirmant sa différence, sa « wallonitude ».

This word in other languages

anniversary(English)cumpleaños(Español)Jahrestag(Deutsch)aniversário(Português)

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.

aninversaire2aniversaire1annievrsaire2anniverasire2anniverrsaire1anniversaier2anniversairre1anniversarie2
Edit distance from "anniversaire"

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 "anniversaire"?
"anniversaire" is spelled A-N-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\.
What does "anniversaire" mean?
As a noun, "anniversaire" means: Retour annuel d’un jour marqué par un événement.
What words are commonly confused with "anniversaire"?
"anniversaire" is commonly confused with "anniversaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anniversaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anniversaire" is \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anniversaire" come from?
"anniversaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anniversaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

possibilité15 variantsprésenter15 variantsrencontrer15 variantsparticiper15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list