anomalies

\a.nɔ.ma.li\

/\a.nɔ.ma.li\/ noun

The verdict

“anomalies” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,312
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de anomalie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anomalies · anomalies · French

anomalies · rank #13,312 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,312
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ancêtre

Nearest frequency peer: ancêtre (-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 « anomalies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anomalies » 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).

anomalies vs anormales
78% similar
anomalies vs animales
78% similar
anomalies vs anomalie
89% similar

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

Key facts for anomalies
PropertyValue
Headwordanomalies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nɔ.ma.li\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,312
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anomalies »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anomaliesse 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 « ancêtre » (#13,311), « anticipation » (#13,313), « analyste » (#13,310). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anomalies » est au #13,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around anomalies (IPA \a.nɔ.ma.li\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,312 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de anomalie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for anomalies, with forms such as "anmoalies", "annomalies", and "anoamlies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "anormales", "animales", "anomalie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 anomalies, spelled A-N-O-M-A-L-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de anomalie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une affaire qui avait bien débuté. Et on en était aux anomalies.
  2. Enfin, si on considère les anomalies isotopiques d’éléments ultravolatils — par exemple, les gaz rares —, on détecte la contribution cométaire, qui paraît absente dans les autres cas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anmoalies
  • annomalies
  • anoamlies
  • anomailes
  • anomaleis
  • anomaliess
  • anomalise
  • anomallies
  • anomlaies
  • anommalies
  • aonmalies
  • naomalies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anomalies - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

anmoalies2annomalies1anoamlies2anomailes2anomaleis2anomaliess1anomalise2anomallies1
Edit distance from "anomalies"

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 "anomalies"?
"anomalies" is spelled A-N-O-M-A-L-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɔ.ma.li\.
What does "anomalies" mean?
As a noun, "anomalies" means: Pluriel de anomalie.
What words are commonly confused with "anomalies"?
"anomalies" is commonly confused with "anormales", "animales", "anomalie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anomalies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anomalies" 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 "anomalies" come from?
"anomalies" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list