annuaire

/\a.nɥɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,445

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

annuaire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Écrit destiné à donner chaque année les renseignements nécessaires sur un organisme administratif, industriel, commercial, etc. Pronounced \a.nɥɛʁ\. Often confused with annuité and annulaire.

Key facts for annuaire
PropertyValue
Headwordannuaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nɥɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,445
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of annuaire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for annuaire is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.nɥɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,445 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for annuaire, with forms such as "annauire", "annuaier", and "annuairre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "annuité", "annulaire", "annuaires", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is annuaire, spelled A-N-N-U-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrit destiné à donner chaque année les renseignements nécessaires sur un organisme administratif, industriel, commercial, etc.
  2. 2
    Tableau annuel d’avancement.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: annauire,annuaier,annuairre,annuarie,annuiare,anuaire,anunaire,nanuaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for annuaire

Misspelling Variants of "annuaire"

annauire8annuaier8annuairre9annuarie8annuiare8anuaire7anunaire8nanuaire8
Misspelling Variants of "annuaire"

Frequency rank: #10,445 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "annuaire"?
"annuaire" is spelled A-N-N-U-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɥɛʁ\.
What does "annuaire" mean?
As a noun, "annuaire" means: Écrit destiné à donner chaque année les renseignements nécessaires sur un organisme administratif, industriel, commercial, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "annuaire"?
"annuaire" is commonly confused with "annuité", "annulaire", "annuaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "annuaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "annuaire" is \a.nɥɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "annuaire" come from?
"annuaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.