answer

\ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)\

/\ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)\/ noun

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The verdict

“answer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,576
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-answer · answer · French

answer · rank #46,576 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,576
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH angulaires

Nearest frequency peer: angulaires (-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 « answer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « answer » 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).

answer vs asser
67% similar
answer vs Asher
50% similar
answer vs anse
67% similar

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

Key facts for answer
PropertyValue
Headwordanswer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,576
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « answer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).answerse 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 « angulaires » (#46,575), « Anubis » (#46,577), « Anglade » (#46,574). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « answer » est au #46,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around answer (IPA \ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,576 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for answer, with forms such as "annswer", "ansewr", and "ansswer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "asser", "Asher", "anse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is answer, spelled A-N-S-W-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réponse.
  2. 2
    Réplique.
  3. 3
    Solution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An answer is a response; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
  2. Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.

Synonyms

responsereply

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annswer
  • ansewr
  • ansswer
  • answerr
  • answre
  • answwer
  • anwser
  • asnwer
  • naswer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

annswer1ansewr2ansswer1answerr1answre2answwer1anwser2asnwer2
Edit distance from "answer"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anubis#46,577appâts#46,579argilo#46,581aigris#46,567

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

baissera9 variantscalquée9 variantsviolait9 variantsveineux9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list