antic
\ˈæn.tɪk\
The verdict
“antic” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Farce (blague, action qui a quelque chose de plaisant, de bouffon ou de ridicule).
Corpus desk
Index FR-antic · antic · French
antic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | antic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈæn.tɪk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « antic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
antic is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈæn.tɪk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Farce (blague, action qui a quelque chose de plaisant, de bouffon ou de ridicule).".
antic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is antic, spelled A-N-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Farce (blague, action qui a quelque chose de plaisant, de bouffon ou de ridicule).
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.