antirétroviral
\ɑ̃.ti.ʁe.tʁɔ.vi.ʁal\
The verdict
“antirétroviral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destiné à lutter contre le rétrovirus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antiretroviral · antirétroviral · French
antirétroviral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | antirétroviral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.ʁe.tʁɔ.vi.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « antirétroviral » en français
Rare enough to double-check
antirétroviral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.ʁe.tʁɔ.vi.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Destiné à lutter contre le rétrovirus.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antirétroviral, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is antirétroviral, spelled A-N-T-I-R-É-T-R-O-V-I-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Destiné à lutter contre le rétrovirus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antirétroviral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les trithérapies antirétrovirales.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.