Antifa

[ˈantifa]

/[ˈantifa]/ noun

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The verdict

“Antifa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,503
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personenkreis, der den Faschismus ablehnt, im engeren Sinn häufig als organisierte Gruppe beziehungsweise Gruppen verstanden

Corpus desk

Index DE-antifa · Antifa · German

Antifa · rank #6,503 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,503
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Angestellte

Nearest frequency peer: Angestellte (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Antifa“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Antifa“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Antifa vs antik
50% similar
Antifa vs Antike
67% similar
Antifa vs Attila
67% similar

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

Key facts for Antifa
PropertyValue
HeadwordAntifa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈantifa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,503
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Antifa“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Antifaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Angestellte“ (#6,502), „Ausbruch“ (#6,504), „Anbau“ (#6,501). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Antifa“ bei #6,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Antifa (IPA [ˈantifa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,503 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personenkreis, der den Faschismus ablehnt, im engeren Sinn häufig als organisierte Gruppe beziehungsweise Gruppen verstanden".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Antifa, with forms such as "anitfa", "anntifa", and "antfia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "antik", "Antike", "Attila", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Antifa, spelled A-N-T-I-F-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personenkreis, der den Faschismus ablehnt, im engeren Sinn häufig als organisierte Gruppe beziehungsweise Gruppen verstanden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „US-Präsident Donald Trump kündigte zudem an, ‚die Antifa‘ als terroristische Organisation verbieten lassen zu wollen.“
  2. „Trumps Ankündigung, die Antifa als Terrororganisation einzustufen, ist absurd, sagen Experten. Die Antifa ist keine eigene Organisation - und zusätzlich gibt es rechtliche Hürden.“

Synonyms

161AFA

Antonyms

Faschisten

This word in other languages

antifa(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anitfa
  • anntifa
  • antfia
  • antiaf
  • antiffa
  • anttifa
  • atnifa
  • natifa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Antifa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anitfa2anntifa1antfia2antiaf2antiffa1anttifa1atnifa2natifa2
Edit distance from "Antifa"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Antifa"?
"Antifa" is spelled A-N-T-I-F-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈantifa].
What does "Antifa" mean?
As a noun, "Antifa" means: Personenkreis, der den Faschismus ablehnt, im engeren Sinn häufig als organisierte Gruppe beziehungsweise Gruppen verstanden
What words are commonly confused with "Antifa"?
"Antifa" is commonly confused with "antik", "Antike", "Attila". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Antifa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Antifa" is [ˈantifa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Antifa" come from?
"Antifa" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blicke#6,518fester#6,534Spende#6,472Löcher#6,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

solltet8 variantslehnt8 variantsküssen8 variantsgarage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list