anta
/ˈæn.tə/
"anta" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anta” is uncommon English (frequency #82,044 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,044
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anta · anta · English
anta · rank #82,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,044
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ansible
Nearest frequency peer: ansible (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “anta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anamorphic
anamorphic
17,963 corpus weight
- ansible
ansible
17,958 corpus weight
- anta
anta
17,957 corpus weight
- antacid
antacid
17,956 corpus weight
- antimalarial
antimalarial
17,955 corpus weight
- antitumor
antitumor
17,954 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæn.tə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anta is uncommon English at frequency #82,044 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæn.tə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.".
anta has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin antae (“pilasters”), with a back-formed singular form. The correct English form is anta, spelled A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin antae (“pilasters”), with a back-formed singular form.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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