antidote

\ɑ̃.ti.dɔt\

/\ɑ̃.ti.dɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“antidote” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,447
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médicament auquel on attribue la propriété de prévenir ou de combattre les effets d’un poison, d’un venin, d’une maladie contagieuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antidote · antidote · French

antidote · rank #23,447 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,447
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH animent

Nearest frequency peer: animent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « antidote »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « antidote » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

antidote vs Antigone
63% similar
antidote vs anecdote
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for antidote
PropertyValue
Headwordantidote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.dɔt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,447
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antidote »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).antidotese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « animent » (#23,446), « apparaisse » (#23,448), « also » (#23,444). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antidote » est au #23,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around antidote (IPA \ɑ̃.ti.dɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,447 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for antidote, with forms such as "anitdote", "anntidote", and "antdiote". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Antigone", "anecdote", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is antidote, spelled A-N-T-I-D-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médicament auquel on attribue la propriété de prévenir ou de combattre les effets d’un poison, d’un venin, d’une maladie contagieuse.
  2. 2
    Remède à ce qu’on veut combattre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how antidote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il n’en fallait pas plus pour encourager Raoult et les raoultistes à entrer en résistance. Bravant le confinement dicté par un Etat français failli, le professeur propose à tous les malades qui se massent devant l’IHU de Marseille de leur administrer son antidote.
  2. La conversation franche et vive du comte de Morvelle était pour madame Necker comme une espèce d’antidote contre les nouvelles flatteuses du marquis.

Synonyms

alexipharmaquecontrepoisoncontre-poison

This word in other languages

antidote(English)antídoto(Español)Impfstoff(Deutsch)antídoto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anitdote
  • anntidote
  • antdiote
  • antiddote
  • antidoet
  • antidotte
  • antidtoe
  • antiodte
  • anttidote
  • atnidote
  • natidote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antidote - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anitdote2anntidote1antdiote2antiddote1antidoet2antidotte1antidtoe2antiodte2
Edit distance from "antidote"

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 "antidote"?
"antidote" is spelled A-N-T-I-D-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.dɔt\.
What does "antidote" mean?
As a noun, "antidote" means: Médicament auquel on attribue la propriété de prévenir ou de combattre les effets d’un poison, d’un venin, d’une maladie contagieuse.
What words are commonly confused with "antidote"?
"antidote" is commonly confused with "Antigone", "anecdote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antidote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antidote" is \ɑ̃.ti.dɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antidote" come from?
"antidote" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

accueillait11 variantsétendus11 variantsémeraude11 variantsChaplin11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list