antes
\ɑ̃t\
The verdict
“antes” is uncommon French (frequency #83,584 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,584
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antes · antes · French
antes · rank #83,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,584
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH annonceront
Nearest frequency peer: annonceront (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « antes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Anbar
Anbar
16,422 corpus weight
- annonceront
annonceront
16,419 corpus weight
- antes
antes
16,417 corpus weight
- antichrist
antichrist
16,415 corpus weight
- anticipons
anticipons
16,414 corpus weight
- antidotes
antidotes
16,413 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « antes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « antes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
antes is uncommon French at frequency #83,584 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ante.".
antes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is antes, spelled A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les massifs qui occupent les angles répondent aux antes ou parastates, qui étaient, selon Vitruve, des pilastres angulaires tenant lieu de colonnes.
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.
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