Antoine

\ɑ̃.twan\

/\ɑ̃.twan\/ name

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The verdict

“Antoine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,555
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-antoine · Antoine · French

Antoine · rank #2,555 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,555
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH étrange

Nearest frequency peer: étrange (-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 « Antoine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Antoine » 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).

Antoine vs Anton
71% similar
Antoine vs avoine
57% similar
Antoine vs Antony
71% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Antoine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Antoinese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « étrange » (#2,554), « attitude » (#2,556), « Washington » (#2,553). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Antoine » est au #2,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Antoine (IPA \ɑ̃.twan\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,555 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Antoine, with forms such as "anntoine", "anotine", and "antione". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Antoine, spelled A-N-T-O-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle s’habillait chez Vionnet, se coiffait chez Antoine, était chaussée par Helstern.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anntoine
  • anotine
  • antione
  • antoien
  • antoinne
  • antonie
  • anttoine
  • atnoine
  • natoine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Antoine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anntoine1anotine2antione2antoien2antoinne1antonie2anttoine1atnoine2
Edit distance from "Antoine"

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 "Antoine"?
"Antoine" is spelled A-N-T-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.twan\.
What does "Antoine" mean?
As a proper noun, "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

étrange#2,554chacune#2,559tournoi#2,549colonel#2,562

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

attitude9 variantsbatterie9 variantsventes9 variantsréussir9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list