jeter l’ancre
\jə.te l‿ɑ̃kʁ\
The verdict
“jeter l’ancre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêter un navire, en descendant l’ancre au fond.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeter-l-ancre · jeter l’ancre · French
jeter l’ancre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeter l’ancre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \jə.te l‿ɑ̃kʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jeter l’ancre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jeter l’ancre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \jə.te l‿ɑ̃kʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jeter l’ancre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jeter l’ancre, spelled J-E-T-E-R- -L-’-A-N-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1Arrêter un navire, en descendant l’ancre au fond.
- 2Prendre position afin d'augmenter son influence.
- 3Se reposer, faire une pause.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jeter l’ancre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos pilotes désiraient que nous jetassions l'ancre, et que nous attendissions un bon vent. Ils prétendaient qu'en allant plus loin nous ne trouverions plus de bon mouillage jusqu'à Souakin, […].
[…] Gibraltar, à vrai dire, n’a pas de port ; les vaisseaux jettent l’ancre en pleine mer ; et chaque année d’affreuses catastrophes couvrant la plage de débris, témoignent assez qu’on fait violence à la nature.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.