antagoniste

\ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist\

/\ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist\/ noun

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The verdict

“antagoniste” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,462
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposant ; adversaire ; ennemi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antagoniste · antagoniste · French

antagoniste · rank #30,462 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,462
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH angine

Nearest frequency peer: angine (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « antagoniste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « antagoniste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

antagoniste vs antagonistes
92% similar
antagoniste vs antagonisme
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for antagoniste
PropertyValue
Headwordantagoniste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,462
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antagoniste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.antagonistese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « angine » (#30,461), « antibiotique » (#30,463), « antichambre » (#30,464). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antagoniste » est au #30,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around antagoniste (IPA \ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,462 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for antagoniste, with forms such as "anatgoniste", "anntagoniste", and "antaggoniste". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "antagonistes", "antagonisme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antagoniste, spelled A-N-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposant ; adversaire ; ennemi.
  2. 2
    Muscle qui agit en sens contraire d'un autre.
  3. 3
    Molécule qui se lie de façon irréversible à un récepteur spécifique de cellules-cibles, à la place du ligand naturel ou de l’agoniste, ce qui supprime tout effet physiologique de ces cellules.
  4. 4
    Dans le théâtre grec, personnage qui s’oppose à l’action du protagoniste.
  5. 5
    Par extension, tout personnage ou toute force présentant un obstacle ou une menace pour le ou les personnages principaux dans une œuvre de fiction, quelle que soit sa forme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] : quant aux ecclésiastiques, pour peu qu'ils fussent jansénistes, (ce qui était, pour la plupart, le maximum de la raison), il était naturel qu'ils portassent aux nues l’antagoniste de Boniface VIII, et le héros des libertés gallicanes.
  2. Ce Sigognac est un antagoniste redoutable auquel il ne faut pas se frotter imprudemment.

Synonyms

ennemiopposant

Antonyms

adjuvantadjuvantealliéalliéepremier rôleprotagoniste

This word in other languages

antagonist(English)antagonista(Español)Gegner(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anatgoniste
  • anntagoniste
  • antaggoniste
  • antagnoiste
  • antagoinste
  • antagoniset
  • antagonisste
  • antagonistte
  • antagonitse
  • antagonniste
  • antagonsite
  • antaogniste
  • antgaoniste
  • anttagoniste
  • atnagoniste
  • natagoniste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antagoniste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anatgoniste2anntagoniste1antaggoniste1antagnoiste2antagoinste2antagoniset2antagonisste1antagonistte1
Edit distance from "antagoniste"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antagoniste"?
"antagoniste" is spelled A-N-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist\.
What does "antagoniste" mean?
As a noun, "antagoniste" means: Opposant ; adversaire ; ennemi.
What words are commonly confused with "antagoniste"?
"antagoniste" is commonly confused with "antagonistes", "antagonisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antagoniste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antagoniste" is \ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antagoniste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "antagoniste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

antichambre#30,464aperçoivent#30,466assentiment#30,475chancelière#30,514

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

antibiotique16 variantsécartement16 variantsclignotant16 variantssympathies16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list