anus

\a.nys\

/\a.nys\/ noun

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The verdict

“anus” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,304
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orifice du rectum par lequel se termine l’intestin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anus · anus · French

anus · rank #12,304 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,304
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anthropologie

Nearest frequency peer: anthropologie (-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 « anus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « anus » 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).

anus vs au
50% similar
anus vs As
25% similar
anus vs aux
50% similar

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

Key facts for anus
PropertyValue
Headwordanus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nys\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,304
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « anus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anusse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « anthropologie » (#12,303), « appartenir » (#12,305), « Alzheimer » (#12,302). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anus » est au #12,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around anus (IPA \a.nys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,304 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for anus, with forms such as "annus", "ansu", and "anuss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "As", "aux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anus, spelled A-N-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Orifice du rectum par lequel se termine l’intestin.
  2. 2
    Dépression qu’offre assez souvent, en avant du sommet, la partie dorsale de la face externe d’une valve de coquille bivalve, quand on l’envisage sur les deux valves à la fois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avoir une fistule à l’anus.
  2. Lʼanus est un segment de 3 à 4 cm de long réunissant le rectum au périnée.

Synonyms

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This word in other languages

anus(English)ano(Español)After(Deutsch)ânus(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annus
  • ansu
  • anuss
  • auns
  • naus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

annus1ansu2anuss1auns2naus2
Edit distance from "anus"

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 "anus"?
"anus" is spelled A-N-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nys\.
What does "anus" mean?
As a noun, "anus" means: Orifice du rectum par lequel se termine l’intestin.
What words are commonly confused with "anus"?
"anus" is commonly confused with "au", "As", "aux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anus" is \a.nys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anus" come from?
"anus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bart#12,322yang#12,285tons#12,272Todd#12,271

Similar misspelling depth

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

suffi5 variantsrita5 variantsellen5 variantsjade5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list