antisocial

\ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal\

/\ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal\/ adj

The verdict

“antisocial” is uncommon French (frequency #60,541 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,541
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est contraire à la société, qui tend à la dissolution de la société.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antisocial · antisocial · French

antisocial · rank #60,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,541
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH antiseptiques

Nearest frequency peer: antiseptiques (-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 « antisocial »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antisocial
PropertyValue
Headwordantisocial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal\
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antisocial » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.antisocialtombe 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: « antiseptiques » (#60,540), « antiterroristes » (#60,542), « antarctiques » (#60,539). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antisocial » est au #60,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antisocial is uncommon French at frequency #60,541 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antisocial, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is antisocial, spelled A-N-T-I-S-O-C-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est contraire à la société, qui tend à la dissolution de la société.
  2. 2
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelle est la maîtresse de maison qui n’a pas, depuis 1838, éprouvé les funestes résultats des doctrines antisociales répandues dans les classes inférieures par des écrivains incendiaires ?
  2. La tendance antisociale, ou délinquance, trouve ses racines dans ces carences précoces et est comme des appels au secours de jeunes qui, pendant un temps long et indéterminé, ont connu la douleur du sentiment de solitude.

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 "antisocial"?
"antisocial" is spelled A-N-T-I-S-O-C-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal\.
What does "antisocial" mean?
As an adjective, "antisocial" means: Qui est contraire à la société, qui tend à la dissolution de la société.
How do you pronounce "antisocial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antisocial" is \ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal\. 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 "antisocial", 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