anthem

Name: anthem, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“anthem” is uncommon French (frequency #79,926 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,926
frequency rank, French: 424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hymne.

Key facts for anthem
Property	Value
Headword	anthem
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#79,926
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “anthem” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). anthem lands here:

#79,926

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anthem is uncommon French at frequency #79,926 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hymne.".

Zero misspellings are on record for anthem in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is anthem, spelled A-N-T-H-E-M.

Definition

1
Hymne.

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 "anthem"?

"anthem" is spelled A-N-T-H-E-M.

What does "anthem" mean?

As a noun, "anthem" means: Hymne.

What language does "anthem" come from?

"anthem" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “anthem”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is A-N-T-H-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.