Antoine

/\ɑ̃.twan\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,555

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Antoine is aFrenchname. It means: Nom de famille. Pronounced \ɑ̃.twan\. It ranks #2,555 in French word frequency. Often confused with Anton and avoine.

Key facts for Antoine
PropertyValue
HeadwordAntoine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ɑ̃.twan\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,555
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Antoine is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.twan\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,555 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Antoine, with forms such as "anntoine", "anotine", and "antione". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Anton", "avoine", "Antony", and more, 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 Antoine, spelled A-N-T-O-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anntoine,anotine,antione,antoien,antoinne,antonie,anttoine,atnoine,natoine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Antoine

Misspelling Variants of "Antoine"

anntoine8anotine7antione7antoien7antoinne8antonie7anttoine8atnoine7
Misspelling Variants of "Antoine"

Frequency rank: #2,555 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Antoine"?
"Antoine" is spelled A-N-T-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.twan\.
What does "Antoine" mean?
As a name, "Antoine" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Antoine"?
"Antoine" is commonly confused with "Anton", "avoine", "Antony". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Antoine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Antoine" is \ɑ̃.twan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Antoine" come from?
"Antoine" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.