antipathie

\ɑ̃.ti.pa.ti\

/\ɑ̃.ti.pa.ti\/ noun

The verdict

“antipathie” is uncommon French (frequency #58,410 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,410
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aversion, répugnance naturelle et non raisonnée pour quelqu’un, pour quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antipathie · antipathie · French

antipathie · rank #58,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,410
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anthropique

Nearest frequency peer: anthropique (-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 « antipathie »

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 « antipathie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antipathie
PropertyValue
Headwordantipathie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.pa.ti\
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,410
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antipathie » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « anthropique » (#58,409), « APM » (#58,411), « applied » (#58,412). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antipathie » est au #58,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antipathie is uncommon French at frequency #58,410 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.pa.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aversion, répugnance naturelle et non raisonnée pour quelqu’un, pour quelque chose.".

No misspelling variants are generated for antipathie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is antipathie, spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-T-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aversion, répugnance naturelle et non raisonnée pour quelqu’un, pour quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je n'ai aucune antipathie pour les chats, et cependant cette familiarité me causa une impression désagréable.
  2. Le recteur, M. Leterrier, ne pouvait le souffrir. C’était une antipathie de nature, qui croissait avec la régularité d’une expansion végétale et donnait ses fruits chaque année.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "antipathie"?
"antipathie" is spelled A-N-T-I-P-A-T-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.pa.ti\.
What does "antipathie" mean?
As a noun, "antipathie" means: Aversion, répugnance naturelle et non raisonnée pour quelqu’un, pour quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "antipathie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antipathie" is \ɑ̃.ti.pa.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "antipathie", 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