anse

\ɑ̃s\

/\ɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“anse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,059
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie saillante, souvent de forme annulaire, servant à saisir ou à porter certains récipients ou objets.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anse · anse · French

anse · rank #16,059 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,059
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amusent

Nearest frequency peer: amusent (-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 « anse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anse » 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).

anse vs As
25% similar
anse vs axe
50% similar
anse vs are
50% similar

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

Key facts for anse
PropertyValue
Headwordanse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃s\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,059
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ansese 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 « amusent » (#16,058), « Antoinette » (#16,060), « amiante » (#16,057). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anse » est au #16,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around anse (IPA \ɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,059 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for anse, with forms such as "anes", "annse", and "ansse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "axe", "are", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anse, spelled A-N-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie saillante, souvent de forme annulaire, servant à saisir ou à porter certains récipients ou objets.
  2. 2
    Forme ou objet recourbé.
  3. 3
    Assemblage géométrique, ressemblant à une moitié d’ellipse, construit par juxtaposition d'un nombre impair d’arcs de cercles (souvent trois) de centres différents.
  4. 4
    Voûte surbaissée réalisée suivant le dessin d’une anse de panier.
  5. 5
    Petite baie peu profonde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les ollas d’époque califale sont des pièces globulaires à deux anses et fond convexe, présentant un décor incisé sur le haut de panse composé d’une ligne de stries parallèles et de vaguelettes (ollas 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
  2. L’anse est soigneusement soudée et lissée.

Synonyms

oreillepoignéecourbedemi-ovalecriquegolfe

This word in other languages

handle(English)asa(Español)Henkel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anes
  • annse
  • ansse
  • asne
  • nase

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anes2annse1ansse1asne2nase2
Edit distance from "anse"

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 "anse"?
"anse" is spelled A-N-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃s\.
What does "anse" mean?
As a noun, "anse" means: Partie saillante, souvent de forme annulaire, servant à saisir ou à porter certains récipients ou objets.
What words are commonly confused with "anse"?
"anse" is commonly confused with "As", "axe", "are". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anse" is \ɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anse" come from?
"anse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

been#16,074chie#16,089CNIL#16,095cols#16,096

Similar misspelling depth

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

corp5 variantscurie5 variantsdouai5 variantsopter5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list