antipapa

[ãn̪t̪iˈpapa]

/[ãn̪t̪iˈpapa]/ noun

The verdict

“antipapa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Varón que usurpa –o intenta usurpar– las funciones de Papa de la Iglesia católica apostólica romana legítimamente elegido.

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Index ES-antipapa · antipapa · Spanish

antipapa · 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

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.

Key facts for antipapa
PropertyValue
Headwordantipapa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ãn̪t̪iˈpapa]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “antipapa” en español

antipapaqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

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

Rare enough to double-check

antipapa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ãn̪t̪iˈpapa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Varón que usurpa –o intenta usurpar– las funciones de Papa de la Iglesia católica apostólica romana legítimamente elegido.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for antipapa, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is antipapa, spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Varón que usurpa –o intenta usurpar– las funciones de Papa de la Iglesia católica apostólica romana legítimamente elegido.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how antipapa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Del extraño caso de Hipólito de Roma, antipapa y santo, en el día de su festividad. El de San Hipólito es un caso especial dentro de la vida de la Iglesia, pues como bien se dice en el título de este artículo, se trata de un extravagante personaje que siendo antipapa como fue, subió sin embargo a los altares, algo posible gracias a su muerte martirial aco…

Antonyms

propapa

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antipapa"?
"antipapa" is spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ãn̪t̪iˈpapa].
What does "antipapa" mean?
As a noun, "antipapa" means: Varón que usurpa –o intenta usurpar– las funciones de Papa de la Iglesia católica apostólica romana legítimamente elegido.
How do you pronounce "antipapa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antipapa" is [ãn̪t̪iˈpapa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antipapa" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list