antidote
/ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/
"antidote" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antidote” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,834
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antidote · antidote · English
antidote · rank #20,834 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,834
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH André
Nearest frequency peer: André (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “antidote”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- alkaline
alkaline
79,170 corpus weight
- alum
alum
79,169 corpus weight
- André
André
79,168 corpus weight
- antidote
antidote
79,167 corpus weight
- anus
anus
79,166 corpus weight
- Appalachian
Appalachian
79,165 corpus weight
What this shows “antidote” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antidote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “antidote”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around antidote (IPA /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,834 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for antidote, with forms such as "anitdote", "anntidote", and "antdiote". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anecdote", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτος (antídotos, “antidote, remedy”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “I give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Compare French antidote. The correct English form is antidote, spelled A-N-T-I-D-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
- 2Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antidote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
Can'ſt thou not Miniſter to a minde diſeas'd, / Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, / And with ſome ſweet Obliuious Antidote / Cleanſe the ſtufft boſome, of that perillous ſtuffe / Which weighes vpon the heart?
Etymology
From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτος (antídotos, “antidote, remedy”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “I give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Compare French antidote.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anitdote
- anntidote
- antdiote
- antiddote
- antidoet
- antidotte
- antidtoe
- antiodte
- anttidote
- atnidote
- natidote
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antidote - 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.
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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