antiterrorism
"antiterrorism" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antiterrorism” is uncommon English (frequency #92,339 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,339
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antiterrorism · antiterrorism · English
antiterrorism · rank #92,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,339
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anarchistic
Nearest frequency peer: anarchistic (-3 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 “antiterrorism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- amiably
amiably
7,669 corpus weight
- amiodarone
amiodarone
7,667 corpus weight
- anarchistic
anarchistic
7,665 corpus weight
- antiterrori…
antiterrorism
7,662 corpus weight
- Arbogast
Arbogast
7,658 corpus weight
- arche
arche
7,657 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “antiterrorism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antiterrorism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #92,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antiterrorism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antiterrorism is uncommon English at frequency #92,339 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for antiterrorism, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + terrorism. The correct English form is antiterrorism, spelled A-N-T-I-T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antiterrorism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Antiterrorism funding was increased after 2001.
Etymology
From anti- + terrorism.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).