antichrist

\ɑ̃.ti.kʁist\

/\ɑ̃.ti.kʁist\/ noun

The verdict

“antichrist” is uncommon French (frequency #83,586 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,586
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de antéchrist.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antichrist · antichrist · French

antichrist · rank #83,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,586
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anticipons

Nearest frequency peer: anticipons (+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 « antichrist »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « antichrist » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antichrist
PropertyValue
Headwordantichrist
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.kʁist\
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,586
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antichrist » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.antichristtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « anticipons » (#83,587), « antes » (#83,584), « antidotes » (#83,588). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antichrist » est au #83,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antichrist is uncommon French at frequency #83,586 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.kʁist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de antéchrist.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for antichrist, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 antichrist, spelled A-N-T-I-C-H-R-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de antéchrist.

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 "antichrist"?
"antichrist" is spelled A-N-T-I-C-H-R-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.kʁist\.
What does "antichrist" mean?
As a noun, "antichrist" means: Variante de antéchrist.
How do you pronounce "antichrist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antichrist" is \ɑ̃.ti.kʁist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antichrist" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list