antichar
\ɑ̃.ti.ʃaʁ\
The verdict
“antichar” is uncommon French (frequency #71,242 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,242
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’oppose à l’action des blindés, qui nuit aux chars d’assaut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antichar · antichar · French
antichar · rank #71,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,242
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH annihile
Nearest frequency peer: annihile (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « antichar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Anduze
Anduze
28,762 corpus weight
- animistes
animistes
28,761 corpus weight
- annihile
annihile
28,760 corpus weight
- antichar
antichar
28,759 corpus weight
- antidouleur
antidouleur
28,758 corpus weight
- antillaises
antillaises
28,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « antichar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antichar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.ʃaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « antichar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
antichar is uncommon French at frequency #71,242 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.ʃaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui s’oppose à l’action des blindés, qui nuit aux chars d’assaut.".
antichar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is antichar, spelled A-N-T-I-C-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1Qui s’oppose à l’action des blindés, qui nuit aux chars d’assaut.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antichar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il buta contre un fusil antichar anglais enfoui dans le sable. Les dunes étaient jonchées de ces engins. On les reconnaissait de loin à la longueur invraisemblable de leur canon qui s'évasait à l'extrémité comme un tromblon. Cela leur donnait un aspect risible, archaïque.
Profitant de la circonstance, le lieutenant-colonel Fumal installa ses canons antichars – préalablement massés derrière le fossé, de Zuydcoote à la mer – entre Zuydcoote et Ghyvelde.
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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