anticompetitive
"anticompetitive" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anticompetitive” is uncommon English (frequency #88,056 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,056
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anticompetitive · anticompetitive · English
anticompetitive · rank #88,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,056
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anorak
Nearest frequency peer: anorak (-2 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 “anticompetitive”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Amoy
Amoy
11,951 corpus weight
- anglicized
anglicized
11,948 corpus weight
- anorak
anorak
11,947 corpus weight
- anticompeti…
anticompetitive
11,945 corpus weight
- Applewhite
Applewhite
11,942 corpus weight
- Aquarian
Aquarian
11,941 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anticompetitive” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticompetitive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #88,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anticompetitive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anticompetitive is uncommon English at frequency #88,056 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anticompetitive, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + competitive. The correct English form is anticompetitive, spelled A-N-T-I-C-O-M-P-E-T-I-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anticompetitive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And he sees no evidence of any anticompetitive impact.
Etymology
From anti- + competitive.
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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