anais

/ɐ.ˈnajʃ/

//ɐ.ˈnajʃ// noun

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The verdict

“anais” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,731
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - publicação, geralmente cronológica, de fatos relativos a um evento, como um congresso

Corpus desk

Index PT-anais · anais · Portuguese

anais · rank #15,731 · 6 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,731
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH amarelos

Nearest frequency peer: amarelos (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “anais”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “anais” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

anais vs ani
60% similar
anais vs anal
60% similar
anais vs anão
40% similar

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

Key facts for anais
PropertyValue
Headwordanais
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈnajʃ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,731
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “anais”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).anaiscai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “amarelos” (#15,730), “alheio” (#15,729), “adormecer” (#15,725). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “anais” fica em #15,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around anais (IPA /ɐ.ˈnajʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,731 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for anais, with forms such as "aanis", "anaiss", and "anasi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ani", "anal", "anão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is anais, spelled A-N-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    publicação, geralmente cronológica, de fatos relativos a um evento, como um congresso
  2. 2
    registros escritos dos fatos importantes da vida de um povo, ou de uma instituição artística, literária ou científica, ano a ano
  3. 3
    cerimônia religiosa que se celebra todos os dias durante o ano

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aanis
  • anaiss
  • anasi
  • anias
  • annais
  • naais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aanis2anaiss1anasi2anias2annais1naais2
Edit distance from "anais"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anais"?
"anais" is spelled A-N-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈnajʃ/.
What does "anais" mean?
As a noun, "anais" means: publicação, geralmente cronológica, de fatos relativos a um evento, como um congresso
What words are commonly confused with "anais"?
"anais" is commonly confused with "ani", "anal", "anão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anais" is /ɐ.ˈnajʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anais" come from?
"anais" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vazar#15,707torto#15,698feias#15,812fosso#15,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Bart6 variantscash6 variantsrush6 variantsGolf6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list