anti-smoking
"anti-smoking" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anti-smoking” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of antismoking.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anti-smoking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anti-smoking” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anti-smoking is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of antismoking.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anti-smoking, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + smoking. The correct English form is anti-smoking, spelled A-N-T-I---S-M-O-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of antismoking.
Etymology
From anti- + smoking.
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.
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Using “anti-smoking”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-N-T-I---S-M-O-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.