antihistaminique
\ɑ̃.ti.is.ta.mi.nik\
The verdict
“antihistaminique” is uncommon French (frequency #91,376 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,376
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Médicament qui sert à réduire ou à éliminer les effets de l'histamine, un médiateur chimique endogène libéré, entre autres, au cours des réactions allergiques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antihistaminique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.is.ta.mi.nik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #91,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antihistaminique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
antihistaminique is uncommon French at frequency #91,376 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.is.ta.mi.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médicament qui sert à réduire ou à éliminer les effets de l'histamine, un médiateur chimique endogène libéré, entre autres, au cours des réactions allergiques.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for antihistaminique in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antihistaminique, spelled A-N-T-I-H-I-S-T-A-M-I-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Médicament qui sert à réduire ou à éliminer les effets de l'histamine, un médiateur chimique endogène libéré, entre autres, au cours des réactions allergiques.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is A-N-T-I-H-I-S-T-A-M-I-N-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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