anticline
/ˈæntiklaɪn/
"anticline" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anticline” is uncommon English (frequency #95,685 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,685
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anticline · anticline · English
anticline · rank #95,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,685
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anticommunist
Nearest frequency peer: anticommunist (+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 “anticline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alisson
Alisson
4,327 corpus weight
- Amiel
Amiel
4,322 corpus weight
- anticline
anticline
4,316 corpus weight
- anticommuni…
anticommunist
4,315 corpus weight
- Anzu
Anzu
4,312 corpus weight
- Aomori
Aomori
4,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anticline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæntiklaɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anticline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anticline is uncommon English at frequency #95,685 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæntiklaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anticline, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + -cline. The correct English form is anticline, spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
Etymology
From anti- + -cline.
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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