anses

\ɑ̃s\

/\ɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“anses” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,162
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-anses · anses · French

anses · rank #22,162 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,162
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Andrée

Nearest frequency peer: Andrée (-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 « anses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anses » 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).

anses vs ass
60% similar
anses vs ase
60% similar
anses vs anus
60% similar

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

Key facts for anses
PropertyValue
Headwordanses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,162
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ansesse 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 « Andrée » (#22,161), « anticipées » (#22,163), « amènera » (#22,160). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anses » est au #22,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around anses (IPA \ɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,162 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de anse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for anses, with forms such as "aness", "annses", and "ansess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ass", "ase", "anus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is anses, spelled A-N-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de anse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anses 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).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aness
  • annses
  • ansess
  • ansses
  • asnes
  • nases

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aness2annses1ansess1ansses1asnes2nases2
Edit distance from "anses"

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 "anses"?
"anses" is spelled A-N-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃s\.
What does "anses" mean?
As a noun, "anses" means: Pluriel de anse.
What words are commonly confused with "anses"?
"anses" is commonly confused with "ass", "ase", "anus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anses" is \ɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anses" come from?
"anses" 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 "anses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Weiss#22,142vitro#22,137bœufs#22,188Calvi#22,191

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list