anti-horaire
\ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“anti-horaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indique une rotation se faisant dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anti-horaire · anti-horaire · French
anti-horaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anti-horaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anti-horaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indique une rotation se faisant dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre.".
anti-horaire has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 anti-horaire, spelled A-N-T-I---H-O-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Indique une rotation se faisant dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anti-horaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un carrefour giratoire est un carrefour où la circulation se fait dans un seul sens autour d’un îlot central. En France le sens giratoire est anti-horaire.
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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.