antisense
/ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/
"antisense" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antisense” is uncommon English (frequency #71,279 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,279
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antisense · antisense · English
antisense · rank #71,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,279
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH angriest
Nearest frequency peer: angriest (-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 “antisense”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Amersham
Amersham
28,726 corpus weight
- Angelos
Angelos
28,724 corpus weight
- angriest
angriest
28,723 corpus weight
- antisense
antisense
28,722 corpus weight
- Arai
Arai
28,719 corpus weight
- arcuate
arcuate
28,718 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “antisense” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antisense |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antisense” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antisense is uncommon English at frequency #71,279 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.".
No misspelling variants are generated for antisense in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + sense. The correct English form is antisense, spelled A-N-T-I-S-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.
Etymology
From anti- + sense.
Antonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).