anthropoid
/ˈænθɹəpɔɪd/
"anthropoid" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anthropoid” is uncommon English (frequency #82,998 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,998
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anthropoid · anthropoid · English
anthropoid · rank #82,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,998
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH antislavery
Nearest frequency peer: antislavery (+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 “anthropoid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Angulo
Angulo
17,007 corpus weight
- Anju
Anju
17,005 corpus weight
- anthropoid
anthropoid
17,003 corpus weight
- antislavery
antislavery
17,002 corpus weight
- apeshit
apeshit
17,000 corpus weight
- Appleyard
Appleyard
16,998 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anthropoid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anthropoid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈænθɹəpɔɪd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anthropoid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anthropoid is uncommon English at frequency #82,998 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈænθɹəpɔɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anthropoid, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs). By surface analysis, anthrop- + -oid. The correct English form is anthropoid, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
- 2Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
- 3Having characteristics of an ape.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anthropoid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“And I am sorry for the man she loves,” said the girl, “for he loves her. I never met him, but from what Jane tells me he must be a very wonderful person. It seems that he was born in an African jungle, and brought up by fierce, anthropoid apes.”
The origin and development of language led to the differentiation of man from all other forms of animal life. Without this form of thought-communication and preservation man would never have achieved any higher degree of cerebration than the anthropoid ape.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs). By surface analysis, anthrop- + -oid.
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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