antenne

\ɑ̃.tɛn\

/\ɑ̃.tɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“antenne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,423
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longue vergue qui s’attache obliquement au mât, pour soutenir une voile triangulaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antenne · antenne · French

antenne · rank #5,423 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,423
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH analyser

Nearest frequency peer: analyser (-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 « antenne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « antenne » 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).

antenne vs attente
71% similar
antenne vs Antoine
57% similar
antenne vs Ardenne
57% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antenne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).antennese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « analyser » (#5,422), « apprends » (#5,424), « artillerie » (#5,425). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antenne » est au #5,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around antenne (IPA \ɑ̃.tɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,423 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for antenne, with forms such as "anetnne", "anntenne", and "antene". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "attente", "Antoine", "Ardenne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antenne, spelled A-N-T-E-N-N-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’antenne tient lieu de la vergue dans les voiles latines, mais il est beaucoup moins dangereux de se tenir sur les vergues, car elles sont toujours dans une position horizontale.
  2. Le gros bout d'une antenne s'appelle carnal : c'est où est frappé l’oste , ou c'est aussi l’empointure inférieure de la voile.

This word in other languages

antenna(English)antena(Español)Antenne(Deutsch)antena(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anetnne
  • anntenne
  • antene
  • antenen
  • antnene
  • anttenne
  • atnenne
  • natenne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anetnne2anntenne1antene1antenen2antnene2anttenne1atnenne2natenne2
Edit distance from "antenne"

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 "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. 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 "antenne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

brigade#5,430charger#5,432voulant#5,413clément#5,434

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

douter8 variantsrefuge8 variantspriori8 variantsgoûts8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list