antilope

[ɑ̃.ti.lɔp]

/[ɑ̃.ti.lɔp]/ noun

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The verdict

“antilope” is uncommon German (frequency #83,660 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,660
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antilope

Corpus desk

Index DE-antilope · antilope · German

antilope · rank #83,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,660
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anzutreffende

Nearest frequency peer: anzutreffende (+2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „antilope“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „antilope“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antilope
PropertyValue
Headwordantilope
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɑ̃.ti.lɔp]
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „antilope“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).antilopefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anzutreffende“ (#83,662), „Apparaturen“ (#83,663), „anmerkte“ (#83,656). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „antilope“ bei #83,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antilope is uncommon German at frequency #83,660 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɑ̃.ti.lɔp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antilope".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antilope, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is antilope, spelled A-N-T-I-L-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antilope

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 "antilope"?
"antilope" is spelled A-N-T-I-L-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɑ̃.ti.lɔp].
What does "antilope" mean?
As a noun, "antilope" means: Antilope
How do you pronounce "antilope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antilope" is [ɑ̃.ti.lɔp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antilope" come from?
"antilope" 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 "antilope", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anmerkte#83,656attached#83,675aufmache#83,685auftrete#83,687

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list