antihoraire

\ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\

/\ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“antihoraire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antihoraire · antihoraire · French

antihoraire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for antihoraire
PropertyValue
Headwordantihoraire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antihoraire » en français

antihorairen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antihoraire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.".

antihoraire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is antihoraire, spelled A-N-T-I-H-O-R-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce « vortex polaire », comme le décrit l’un des météorologues consultés, est provoqué par une rotation dans le sens antihoraire d’une zone d’air froid et dense.
  2. La cordelette est composée de fibres d’écorce de conifères, tissées dans le sens antihoraire.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antihoraire"?
"antihoraire" is spelled A-N-T-I-H-O-R-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\.
What does "antihoraire" mean?
As an adjective, "antihoraire" means: Qualifie le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.
How do you pronounce "antihoraire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antihoraire" is \ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antihoraire" come from?
"antihoraire" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list