anormal

\a.nɔʁ.mal\

/\a.nɔʁ.mal\/ adj

The verdict

“anormal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,715
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est contraire aux règles qui paraissent régir son genre ou son espèce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anormal · anormal · French

anormal · rank #12,715 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,715
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH animer

Nearest frequency peer: animer (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “anormal”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “anormal” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

anormal vs anormale
88% similar
anormal vs anormaux
75% similar
anormal vs anormales
78% similar

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

Key facts for anormal
PropertyValue
Headwordanormal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.nɔʁ.mal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,715
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “anormal” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).anormalse 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 « animer » (#12,714), « antibiotiques » (#12,716), « apprenti » (#12,717). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around anormal (IPA \a.nɔʁ.mal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,715 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anormal, with forms such as "annormal", "anomral", and "anoraml". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "anormale", "anormaux", "anormales", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is anormal, spelled A-N-O-R-M-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est contraire aux règles qui paraissent régir son genre ou son espèce.
  2. 2
    Qui dépasse la mesure commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les savants s’occupèrent de tout dans une paix profonde, depuis la végétation anormale d'un ognon de jacinthe jusqu'aux courants électriques.
  2. L'inconscience règne parmi les autorités municipales qui ont laissé faire en fermant les yeux. Et ceux qui ont construit ou ont acheté ensuite sans s'interroger n'y ont rien vu d' anormal non plus.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annormal
  • anomral
  • anoraml
  • anormall
  • anormla
  • anormmal
  • anorrmal
  • anromal
  • aonrmal
  • naormal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

annormal1anomral2anoraml2anormall1anormla2anormmal1anorrmal1anromal2
Edit distance from "anormal"

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 "anormal"?
"anormal" is spelled A-N-O-R-M-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɔʁ.mal\.
What does "anormal" mean?
As an adjective, "anormal" means: Qui est contraire aux règles qui paraissent régir son genre ou son espèce.
What words are commonly confused with "anormal"?
"anormal" is commonly confused with "anormale", "anormaux", "anormales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anormal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anormal" is \a.nɔʁ.mal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anormal" come from?
"anormal" 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 "anormal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

What to do next

You've looked up "anormal". Here's where to go from here.

  • "anormal" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "anormale". View pair
  • 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #12,715 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list