antenne

/\ɑ̃.tɛn\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,423

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

antenne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Longue vergue qui s’attache obliquement au mât, pour soutenir une voile triangulaire. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tɛn\. It ranks #5,423 in French word frequency. Often confused with attente and Antoine.

Key facts for antenne
PropertyValue
Headwordantenne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,423
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of antenne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for antenne is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,423 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for antenne, with forms such as "anetnne", "anntenne", and "antene". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "attente", "Antoine", "Ardenne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is antenne, spelled A-N-T-E-N-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Longue vergue qui s’attache obliquement au mât, pour soutenir une voile triangulaire.
  2. 2
    Élément secondaire d'un ensemble quelconque qui dérive de la structure principale et qui y reste liée.
  3. 3
    Rang de futailles placées les unes sur les autres dans la cale.
  4. 4
    Appendice articulé en forme de corne, que les insectes portent sur la tête, et que l’on croit être pour eux l’organe principal du tact.
  5. 5
    Ce qui permet aux personnes de percevoir intuitivement ou intellectuellement leur environnement.
  6. 6
    Appareillage métallique passif isolé de la terre et relié à des appareils de radiocommunication, destiné à émettre ou recevoir des ondes radio.
  7. 7
    Chaîne de radio ou de télévision.
  8. 8
    Implantation locale d’une organisation.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anetnne,anntenne,antene,antenen,antnene,anttenne,atnenne,natenne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for antenne

Misspelling Variants of "antenne"

anetnne7anntenne8antene6antenen7antnene7anttenne8atnenne7natenne7
Misspelling Variants of "antenne"

Frequency rank: #5,423 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antenne"?
"antenne" is spelled A-N-T-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɛn\.
What does "antenne" mean?
As a noun, "antenne" means: Longue vergue qui s’attache obliquement au mât, pour soutenir une voile triangulaire.
What words are commonly confused with "antenne"?
"antenne" is commonly confused with "attente", "Antoine", "Ardenne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antenne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antenne" is \ɑ̃.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antenne" come from?
"antenne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.