anteriority
/ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/
"anteriority" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anteriority” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anteriority · anteriority · English
anteriority · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | anteriority |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anteriority” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anteriority is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anteriority in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French antériorité, from Late Latin anteriōritās, corresponding to anterior + -ity. The correct English form is anteriority, spelled A-N-T-E-R-I-O-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anteriority appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments.
Etymology
From Middle French antériorité, from Late Latin anteriōritās, corresponding to anterior + -ity.
Antonyms
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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.