anomalie

\a.nɔ.ma.li\

/\a.nɔ.ma.li\/ noun

The verdict

“anomalie” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,907
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est anormal ou anomal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anomalie · anomalie · French

anomalie · rank #11,907 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,907
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH animales

Nearest frequency peer: animales (-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 « anomalie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anomalie » 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).

anomalie vs anormale
75% similar
anomalie vs anomalies
89% similar
anomalie vs animale
75% similar

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

Key facts for anomalie
PropertyValue
Headwordanomalie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nɔ.ma.li\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,907
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anomalie »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « animales » (#11,906), « antisémite » (#11,908), « ancienneté » (#11,905). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anomalie » est au #11,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around anomalie (IPA \a.nɔ.ma.li\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,907 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anomalie, with forms such as "anmoalie", "annomalie", and "anoamlie". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "anormale", "anomalies", "animale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anomalie, spelled A-N-O-M-A-L-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est anormal ou anomal.
  2. 2
    Irrégularité des mouvements planétaires.
  3. 3
    Angle qui mesure cette irrégularité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parmi les peintres et graveurs avec qui il travaille, Wiener me voit comme une anomalie artistique, un des rares lithographes à s’intéresser d’aussi près et avec autant de curiosité au rendu des couleurs.
  2. M. Lemot a dépensé des sommes énormes pour faire du pittoresque, et il n’a réussi qu’à faire de l’anomalie : elle était plus sensible encore par la présence du drapeau tricolore sur cette ruine du onzième siècle.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anmoalie
  • annomalie
  • anoamlie
  • anomaile
  • anomalei
  • anomallie
  • anomlaie
  • anommalie
  • aonmalie
  • naomalie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anmoalie2annomalie1anoamlie2anomaile2anomalei2anomallie1anomlaie2anommalie1
Edit distance from "anomalie"

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 "anomalie"?
"anomalie" is spelled A-N-O-M-A-L-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɔ.ma.li\.
What does "anomalie" mean?
As a noun, "anomalie" means: État de ce qui est anormal ou anomal.
What words are commonly confused with "anomalie"?
"anomalie" is commonly confused with "anormale", "anomalies", "animale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anomalie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anomalie" is \a.nɔ.ma.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anomalie" come from?
"anomalie" 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 "anomalie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list