antipodes
/ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/
"antipodes" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antipodes” is an uncommon English word, ranked #74,724 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,724
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antipodes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antipodes” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for antipodes is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/. Corpus data places it at rank #74,724 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.
No misspelling variants are generated for antipodes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + πόδες (pódes), plural of πούς (poús, “foot”). The correct English form is antipodes, spelled A-N-T-I-P-O-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
- 2The Southern Hemisphere.
- 3Australia and New Zealand.
- 4The opposite of something.
- 5plural of antipode
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + πόδες (pódes), plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).
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 “antipodes”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-N-T-I-P-O-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.