antithetic

adj

"antithetic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-antithetic · antithetic · English

antithetic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for antithetic
PropertyValue
Headwordantithetic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “antithetic” in English

antitheticsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

antithetic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

antithetic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin antitheticus. The correct English form is antithetic, spelled A-N-T-I-T-H-E-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diametrically opposed.
  2. 2
    Synonym of antithetical.

Etymology

From Latin antitheticus.

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 "antithetic"?
"antithetic" is spelled A-N-T-I-T-H-E-T-I-C.
What does "antithetic" mean?
As an adjective, "antithetic" means: Diametrically opposed.
What is the origin of the word "antithetic"?
From Latin antitheticus. 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