ante up
/ˈæntiː ʌp/
"ante-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ante up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To contribute one's share of a payment; to provide funds; to pay what is due.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ante-up · ante up · English
ante up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ante up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈæntiː ʌp/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ante up” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ante up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈæntiː ʌp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ante up has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is ante up, spelled A-N-T-E- -U-P.
Definition
- 1To contribute one's share of a payment; to provide funds; to pay what is due.
- 2To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ante up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em."
I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter.
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.