antiqua

\ɑ̃.ti.ka\

/\ɑ̃.ti.ka\/ verb

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The verdict

“antiqua” is uncommon French (frequency #87,324 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,324
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe antiquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antiqua · antiqua · French

antiqua · rank #87,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,324
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH annals

Nearest frequency peer: annals (-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 « antiqua »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antiqua
PropertyValue
Headwordantiqua
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.ka\
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antiqua » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).antiquatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « annals » (#87,323), « anémomètre » (#87,325), « Aphatie » (#87,326). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antiqua » est au #87,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antiqua is uncommon French at frequency #87,324 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe antiquer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for antiqua in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is antiqua, spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe antiquer.

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 "antiqua"?
"antiqua" is spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.ka\.
What does "antiqua" mean?
As a verb, "antiqua" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe antiquer.
How do you pronounce "antiqua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antiqua" is \ɑ̃.ti.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antiqua" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aphatie#87,326affûtée#87,306bachata#87,348balasko#87,353

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list