antmire
/ˈantmaɪɚ/
"antmire" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antmire” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antmire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈantmaɪɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antmire” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for antmire is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈantmaɪɚ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An ant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for antmire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of pismire by the Puritan settlers of the New World, equivalent to ant + mire (“ant”, obsolete). The Puritans were known to have adopted new terms or to have modified other ones to have less potential for offensiveness, hence the use of rooster f… The correct English form is antmire, spelled A-N-T-M-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1An ant.
Etymology
Alteration of pismire by the Puritan settlers of the New World, equivalent to ant + mire (“ant”, obsolete). The Puritans were known to have adopted new terms or to have modified other ones to have less potential for offensiveness, hence the use of rooster for cock in North America, chickadee for tit, etc. The form anty-mire is likely a minced alteration of pissymire, a variant of pismire.
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.
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Using “antmire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-T-M-I-R-E - 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.