Which to use
“anti” and “anus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,105
- “anti” frequency rank
- #12,304
- “anus” frequency rank
- 13409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anti | anus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne opposée ou hostile à un projet. | Orifice du rectum par lequel se termine l’intestin. |
Where the eye mixes anti and anus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: anti vs anus
A purely visual mix-up. anti (\ɑ̃.ti\) and anus (\a.nys\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anti is recorded at frequency rank #1,105, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti\. anus is at rank #12,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.nys\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13409, this pair ranks #401,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of anti vs anus
Shared letters: an. Private to "anti": it. Private to "anus": su.
"anti" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "anus" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "anti" and "anus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "anti" or "anus"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "anti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "anti" and "anus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anus vs aves". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #401,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.