antidepressant

Name: antidepressant, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“antidepressant” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,440
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

Corpus desk

Index EN-antidepressant · antidepressant · English

antidepressant · rank #31,440 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #31,440
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH aqueduct

Nearest frequency peer: aqueduct (+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.

animator

68,563
antidepress…

68,561
aqueduct

68,560
archeologic…

68,559
Aruba

68,558
assed

68,557

What this shows “antidepressant” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for antidepressant
Property	Value
Headword	antidepressant
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#31,440
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “antidepressant”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).antidepressantlands here:

#31,440

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “aqueduct” (#31,441), “animator” (#31,438), “archeological” (#31,442). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “antidepressant” is #31,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around antidepressant, anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,440 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for antidepressant, with forms such as "anitdepressant", "anntidepressant", and "antdiepressant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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- + depressant. The correct English form is antidepressant, spelled A-N-T-I-D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

1
An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how antidepressant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.
She had a history of depression and was taking phenelzine, an antidepressant.

Etymology

From anti- + depressant.

Synonyms

antidepressant

Antonyms

depressogenic

This word in other languages

antidepresivo(Español)antidépresseur(Français)Antidepressivum(Deutsch)antidepressivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

anitdepressant
anntidepressant
antdiepressant
antiddepressant
antideperssant
antideppressant
antidepresant
antidepresasnt
antidepressannt
antidepressantt
antidepressatn
antidepressnat
antideprressant
antideprsesant
antiderpessant
antidperessant
antiedpressant
anttidepressant
atnidepressant
natidepressant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antidepressant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "antidepressant"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antidepressant"?

"antidepressant" is spelled A-N-T-I-D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T.

What does "antidepressant" mean?

As a noun, "antidepressant" means: An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

What are common misspellings of "antidepressant"?

Common misspellings include "anitdepressant", "anntidepressant", "antdiepressant", "antiddepressant", "antideperssant". The correct spelling is "antidepressant".

What is the origin of the word "antidepressant"?

From anti- + depressant. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "antidepressant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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