anno

\ˈano\

/\ˈano\/ adv

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The verdict

“anno” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,817) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#31,817
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En l'an.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anno · anno · French

anno · rank #31,817 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,817
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH AMG

Nearest frequency peer: AMG (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « anno »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « anno » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

anno vs ans
50% similar
anno vs any
50% similar
anno vs ARN
0% similar

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

Key facts for anno
PropertyValue
Headwordanno
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ˈano\
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,817
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « anno »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).annose place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « AMG » (#31,816), « altruiste » (#31,815), « antivirus » (#31,819). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anno » est au #31,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for anno is neighbouring look-alikes ("ans", "any", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced \ˈano\. Frequency #31,817 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "En l'an.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for anno, including "ano" and "anon". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ans", "any", "ARN", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 anno, spelled A-N-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    En l'an.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Er hatte ein Stück von der Welt gesehen, war anno 13 vierspännig nach Süddeutschland gefahren, um als Heereslieferant für Preußen Getreide aufzukaufen, war in Amsterdam und Paris gewesen und hielt, ein aufgeklärter Mann, bei Gott nicht alles für verurteilenswürdig, was außerhalb der Tore seiner giebeligen Vaterstadt lag.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ano
  • anon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ano1anon2
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anno"?
"anno" is spelled A-N-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈano\.
What does "anno" mean?
As an adverb, "anno" means: En l'an.
What words are commonly confused with "anno"?
"anno" is commonly confused with "ans", "any", "ARN". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anno" is \ˈano\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anno" come from?
"anno" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

becs#31,844bike#31,848boat#31,852supp#31,754

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list