anthill
/ˈænt.hɪl/
"anthill" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anthill” is uncommon English (frequency #93,399 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,399
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anthill · anthill · English
anthill · rank #93,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,399
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH antivenom
Nearest frequency peer: antivenom (+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 “anthill”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anciently
anciently
6,604 corpus weight
- anthill
anthill
6,602 corpus weight
- antivenom
antivenom
6,601 corpus weight
- apiary
apiary
6,600 corpus weight
- apolipoprot…
apolipoprotein
6,599 corpus weight
- appliqué
appliqué
6,598 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anthill” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anthill |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈænt.hɪl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anthill” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anthill is uncommon English at frequency #93,399 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈænt.hɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anthill, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ametehul, amptehille, from Old English ǣmethyll, equivalent to ant + hill. The correct English form is anthill, spelled A-N-T-H-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anthill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On arrival at Edinburgh Waverley, I fight my way through the throngs of tourists and locals turning the place into a human anthill.
Etymology
From Middle English ametehul, amptehille, from Old English ǣmethyll, equivalent to ant + hill.
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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