antipasto

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The verdict

“antipasto” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorspeise, die vor dem Mittag- oder Abendessen serviert wird, um den Appetit anzuregen. Diese besteht für gewöhnlich aus kalten Appetithäppchen in Form von in Öl eingelegtem Gemüse wie Auberginen (...

Corpus desk

Index DE-antipasto · antipasto · German

antipasto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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.

Key facts for antipasto
PropertyValue
Headwordantipasto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „antipasto“ im Deutschen

antipastoschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antipasto is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorspeise, die vor dem Mittag- oder Abendessen serviert wird, um den Appetit anzuregen. Diese besteht für gewöhnlich aus kalten Appetithäppchen in Form von in Öl eingelegtem Gemüse wie Auberginen (...".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antipasto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 antipasto, spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-S-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vorspeise, die vor dem Mittag- oder Abendessen serviert wird, um den Appetit anzuregen. Diese besteht für gewöhnlich aus kalten Appetithäppchen in Form von in Öl eingelegtem Gemüse wie Auberginen (Melanzane), Zucchini, getrocknete Tomaten, Pilze oder Aufschnitt wie Parmaschinken oder Salami.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „L'antipasto può essere a base di pesce, verdura, carne o salumi.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antipasto"?
"antipasto" is spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "antipasto" mean?
As a noun, "antipasto" means: Vorspeise, die vor dem Mittag- oder Abendessen serviert wird, um den Appetit anzuregen. Diese besteht für gewöhnlich aus kalten Appetithäppchen in Form von in Öl eingelegtem Gemüse wie Auberginen (...
How do you pronounce "antipasto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antipasto" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antipasto" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list