Anzin
\ɑ̃.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“Anzin” is uncommon French (frequency #68,809 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,809
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Nord et connue pour ses houillères. Chef lieu du canton d'Anzin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anzin · Anzin · French
Anzin · rank #68,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,809
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH APD
Nearest frequency peer: APD (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Anzin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- antigel
antigel
31,196 corpus weight
- antinucléai…
antinucléaire
31,195 corpus weight
- Antwerp
Antwerp
31,194 corpus weight
- Anzin
Anzin
31,192 corpus weight
- APD
APD
31,191 corpus weight
- Apennins
Apennins
31,190 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Anzin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anzin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Anzin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Anzin is uncommon French at frequency #68,809 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Anzin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Anzin, spelled A-N-Z-I-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Nord et connue pour ses houillères. Chef lieu du canton d'Anzin.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département du Nord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anzin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les grévistes ont invoqué, à maintes reprises, à Bessèges, en 1882, à Anzin, en 1884, à Decazeville, en 1886, l’institution des sociétés coopératives de consommation.
Ton nom, bien nègre, Anzin ! sied à ta face noire ; Tu as bien tes héros, mais où est ton histoire ?
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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