Antares
/ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/
"antares" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Antares” is uncommon English (frequency #54,010 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,010
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antares · Antares · English
Antares · rank #54,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,010
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anoint
Nearest frequency peer: anoint (-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 “Antares”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anisotropic
anisotropic
45,995 corpus weight
- Annandale
Annandale
45,994 corpus weight
- anoint
anoint
45,992 corpus weight
- Antares
Antares
45,991 corpus weight
- apocrypha
apocrypha
45,988 corpus weight
- apportionme…
apportionment
45,987 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Antares” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Antares |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Antares” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Antares is uncommon English at frequency #54,010 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Antares in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Antares, from Ancient Greek Ἀντάρης (Antárēs, “rival to Ares”). The correct English form is Antares, spelled A-N-T-A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Antares, from Ancient Greek Ἀντάρης (Antárēs, “rival to Ares”).
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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