Anthony

/\ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,834

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Anthony is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom masculin Pronounced \ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\. It ranks #5,834 in French word frequency. Often confused with Anton and Antony.

Key facts for Anthony
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnthony
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,834
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Anthony is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,834 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom masculin".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Anthony, with forms such as "anhtony", "annthony", and "anthhony". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Anton", "Antony", 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 Anthony, spelled A-N-T-H-O-N-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anhtony,annthony,anthhony,anthnoy,anthonny,anthonyy,anthoyn,antohny,antthony,atnhony,nathony

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Anthony

Misspelling Variants of "Anthony"

anhtony7annthony8anthhony8anthnoy7anthonny8anthonyy8anthoyn7antohny7
Misspelling Variants of "Anthony"

Frequency rank: #5,834 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anthony"?
"Anthony" is spelled A-N-T-H-O-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\.
What does "Anthony" mean?
As a name, "Anthony" means: Prénom masculin
What words are commonly confused with "Anthony"?
"Anthony" is commonly confused with "Anton", "Antony". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Anthony"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anthony" is \ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anthony" come from?
"Anthony" 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.