antipathy
/ænˈtɪpəθi/
"antipathy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antipathy” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #41,507 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,507
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion,...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antipathy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ænˈtɪpəθi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antipathy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for antipathy is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ænˈtɪpəθi/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,507 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for antipathy, with forms such as "anitpathy", "anntipathy", and "antiapthy". 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *h₂énti Borrowed from Middle French antipathie (“deep dislike; object of dislike; incompatibility between things”) (modern French antipathie (“dislike, antipathy”)), and from its etymon Latin antipathīa (“counteraction; natural aversion, antipathy… The correct English form is antipathy, spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
- 2Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.
- 3A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.
- 4A person or thing that has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards another person or thing; a hater.
- 5The quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting.
Etymology
PIE word *h₂énti Borrowed from Middle French antipathie (“deep dislike; object of dislike; incompatibility between things”) (modern French antipathie (“dislike, antipathy”)), and from its etymon Latin antipathīa (“counteraction; natural aversion, antipathy”), from Ancient Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “suffering instead”), Koine Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “contrary affection; contrast; counteraction; opposition”), from ἀντῐπᾰθής (antĭpăthḗs, “(adjective) felt mutually; in return for suffering; (noun) remedy for suffering”) (from ἀντι- (anti-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “death; disaster; misfortune; pain; suffering; strong feeling, emotion, passion, pathos”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind; a bond”) or *kʷendʰ- (“to endure; to suffer”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives)) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine adjectives and nouns).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anitpathy,anntipathy,antiapthy,antipahty,antipathhy,antipathyy,antipatthy,antipatyh,antippathy,antiptahy,antpiathy,anttipathy,atnipathy,natipathy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antipathy - 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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Using “antipathy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-T-I-P-A-T-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ænˈtɪpəθi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.