Antares
/ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/
"antares" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Antares” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,010 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #54,010
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “Antares” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Antares is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,010 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “Antares”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-N-T-A-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.