anode
\a.nɔd\
The verdict
“anode” is uncommon French (frequency #50,059 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,059
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Électrode par laquelle entre le courant électrique continu (en suivant le sens conventionnel du courant, opposé au sens de déplacement des électrons).
Corpus desk
Index FR-anode · anode · French
anode · rank #50,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,059
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Annabel
Nearest frequency peer: Annabel (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « anode »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amphores
amphores
49,945 corpus weight
- amèneront
amèneront
49,944 corpus weight
- Annabel
Annabel
49,943 corpus weight
- anode
anode
49,942 corpus weight
- apocryphe
apocryphe
49,940 corpus weight
- apparts
apparts
49,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anode » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.nɔd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anode » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anode is uncommon French at frequency #50,059 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.nɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Électrode par laquelle entre le courant électrique continu (en suivant le sens conventionnel du courant, opposé au sens de déplacement des électrons).".
No misspelling variants are generated for anode in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is anode, spelled A-N-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Électrode par laquelle entre le courant électrique continu (en suivant le sens conventionnel du courant, opposé au sens de déplacement des électrons).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’anode d’une pile ou d’une batterie correspond au pôle négatif.
L’anode pour une électrolyse correspond au pôle positif.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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