Anthony

\ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\

/\ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\/ name

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The verdict

“Anthony” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,834
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin

Corpus desk

Index FR-anthony · Anthony · French

Anthony · rank #5,834 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,834
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Angers

Nearest frequency peer: Angers (-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 « Anthony »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Anthony » 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).

Anthony vs Anton
71% similar
Anthony vs Antony
86% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Anthony »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Anthonyse 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 « Angers » (#5,833), « Arnaud » (#5,835), « ancêtres » (#5,832). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Anthony » est au #5,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Anthony (IPA \ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,834 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anthony, with forms such as "anhtony", "annthony", and "anthhony". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Anton", "Antony", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Anthony, spelled A-N-T-H-O-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les deux stars ont failli remettre ça peu après, mais Thiago Mendes est parvenu à repousser la tentative de la Pulga (10ᵉ), à nouveau tout près de tuer tout suspense avec un piqué, bien négocié par Anthony Lopes (14ᵉ).
  2. On traverse une décennie où la notion de fin du monde est devenue plus réelle, témoigne Anthony Bruno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anhtony
  • annthony
  • anthhony
  • anthnoy
  • anthonny
  • anthonyy
  • anthoyn
  • antohny
  • antthony
  • atnhony
  • nathony

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anhtony2annthony1anthhony1anthnoy2anthonny1anthonyy1anthoyn2antohny2
Edit distance from "Anthony"

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 "Anthony"?
"Anthony" is spelled A-N-T-H-O-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɔ.ni\.
What does "Anthony" mean?
As a proper noun, "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. 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 "Anthony", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

adoptée#5,830absurde#5,829confier#5,847solides#5,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chauffage11 variantscourante11 variantssoumettre11 variantsdescend11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list