antimalarial
/ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/
"antimalarial" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antimalarial” is uncommon English (frequency #82,046 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,046
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antimalarial · antimalarial · English
antimalarial · rank #82,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,046
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH antacid
Nearest frequency peer: antacid (-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 “antimalarial”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ansible
ansible
17,958 corpus weight
- anta
anta
17,957 corpus weight
- antacid
antacid
17,956 corpus weight
- antimalarial
antimalarial
17,955 corpus weight
- antitumor
antitumor
17,954 corpus weight
- Aranda
Aranda
17,948 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “antimalarial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antimalarial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antimalarial” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antimalarial is uncommon English at frequency #82,046 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for antimalarial, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + malarial. The correct English form is antimalarial, spelled A-N-T-I-M-A-L-A-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.
Etymology
From anti- + malarial.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).