anthrax
\ɑ̃.tʁaks\
The verdict
“anthrax” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,638 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,638
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Infection staphylococcique de l’appareil glandulaire pilosébacé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anthrax |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tʁaks\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anthrax” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anthrax is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tʁaks\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,638 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for anthrax in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is anthrax, spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-X.
Definition
- 1Infection staphylococcique de l’appareil glandulaire pilosébacé.
- 2Grenat, pierre dont l’éclat rappelle celui du charbon ardent. Grenat, spinelle rouge.
- 3Genre d’insectes diptères brachycères de la famille des Bombyliidae.
- 4Maladie du charbon.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “anthrax”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-T-H-R-A-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.tʁaks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.