anthem

noun

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The verdict

“anthem” is uncommon French (frequency #79,926 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,926
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-anthem · anthem · French

anthem · rank #79,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,926
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Antarès

Nearest frequency peer: Antarès (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « anthem »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anthem » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anthem
PropertyValue
Headwordanthem
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anthem » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).anthemtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Antarès » (#79,925), « anormalité » (#79,924), « anticommunisme » (#79,928). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anthem » est au #79,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anthem is uncommon French at frequency #79,926 among 6,727 “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. 1
    Hymne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Springfield doesn’t have an anthem! We thought we have one, but we don’t!

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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anthem", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

aplats#79,931Arbeit#79,937armant#79,940Alesia#79,910

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list