antipatriotic

adj

"antipatriotic" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“antipatriotic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposing patriotism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-antipatriotic · antipatriotic · English

antipatriotic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for antipatriotic
PropertyValue
Headwordantipatriotic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “antipatriotic” in English

antipatrioticranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antipatriotic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposing patriotism.".

Zero misspellings are on record for antipatriotic in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + patriotic. The correct English form is antipatriotic, spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-T-R-I-O-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposing patriotism.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I have little doubt that if President Obama’s economic recovery plan were for Iraq, Republicans would pass it without flinching because, of course, anyone who balked would be considered antipatriotic.

Etymology

From anti- + patriotic.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antipatriotic"?
"antipatriotic" is spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-T-R-I-O-T-I-C.
What does "antipatriotic" mean?
As an adjective, "antipatriotic" means: Opposing patriotism.
What is the origin of the word "antipatriotic"?
From anti- + patriotic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list