anti-European

adj

"anti-european" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“anti-European” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposing European integration and the European Union.

Corpus desk

Index EN-anti-european · anti-European · English

anti-European · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for anti-European
PropertyValue
Headwordanti-European
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “anti-European” in English

anti-Europeansits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anti-European is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

anti-European doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + European. The correct English form is anti-European, spelled A-N-T-I---E-U-R-O-P-E-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposing European integration and the European Union.
  2. 2
    Opposing or disliking Europe or Europeans.

Etymology

From anti- + European.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anti-European"?
"anti-European" is spelled A-N-T-I---E-U-R-O-P-E-A-N.
What does "anti-European" mean?
As an adjective, "anti-European" means: Opposing European integration and the European Union.
What is the origin of the word "anti-European"?
From anti- + European. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list