antihoraire
\ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antihoraire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.ɔ.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Qualifie le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antihoraire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.