antacid
/ænˈtæsɪd/
"antacid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antacid” is uncommon English (frequency #82,045 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,045
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antacid · antacid · English
antacid · rank #82,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,045
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anta
Nearest frequency peer: anta (-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 “antacid”
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 “antacid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antacid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ænˈtæsɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antacid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antacid is uncommon English at frequency #82,045 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ænˈtæsɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for antacid in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + acid. The correct English form is antacid, spelled A-N-T-A-C-I-D.
Definition
- 1An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antacid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously. Oh sure, Americans gorped down antacids almost like candy, but most pharmaceutical big wigs probably wrote that off to our penchant for eating junk food on the run.
I'm on warm milk and laxatives Cherry-flavored antacids
Etymology
From anti- + acid.
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); 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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