antipope
/ˈantɪpəʊp/
"antipope" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antipope” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antipope · antipope · English
antipope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antipope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈantɪpəʊp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antipope” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antipope is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈantɪpəʊp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for antipope in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa. The correct English form is antipope, spelled A-N-T-I-P-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antipope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away.
Etymology
From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.
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.