antithèse

Name: antithèse, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɑ̃.ti.tɛz\

/\ɑ̃.ti.tɛz\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“antithèse” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,410
frequency rank, French: 6,727
“A” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure par laquelle on oppose, dans un discours, des choses contraires les unes aux autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antithese · antithèse · French

antithèse · rank #34,410 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,410
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,727
PHOTO-FINISH anodine

Nearest frequency peer: anodine (-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.

annotations

65,594
annulaire

65,593
anodine

65,592
antithèse

65,591
ape

65,590
apolitique

65,589

What this shows « antithèse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for antithèse
Property	Value
Headword	antithèse
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɑ̃.ti.tɛz\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#34,410
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antithèse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).antithèsese place ici:

#34,410

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « anodine » (#34,409), « ape » (#34,411), « annulaire » (#34,408). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antithèse » est au #34,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around antithèse (IPA \ɑ̃.ti.tɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,410 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for antithèse, with forms such as "anitthèse", "anntithèse", and "antihtèse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antithèse, spelled A-N-T-I-T-H-È-S-E.

Definition

1
Figure par laquelle on oppose, dans un discours, des choses contraires les unes aux autres.
2
Proposition contraire à une proposition énoncée qu’on appelle thèse.
3
Personne ou chose faisant contraste avec une autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Une noce au presbytère! Jamais mots ne furent moins faits pour être accolés. On voit là une antithèse qui sentirait l’huile si elle n’était amenée naturellement par la force des circonstances.
Elle habitait au-dessus d’une boucherie qui s’appelait, sans que personne eût jamais relevé la lugubre antithèse : Boucherie de la Gaîté.

This word in other languages

antithesis(English)antítesis(Español)Antithese(Deutsch)antítese(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

anitthèse
anntithèse
antihtèse
antithese
antithhèse
antithsèe
antithèes
antithèsse
antitthèse
antitèhse
anttihèse
anttithèse
atnithèse
natithèse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antithèse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "antithèse"

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 "antithèse"?

"antithèse" is spelled A-N-T-I-T-H-È-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.tɛz\.

What does "antithèse" mean?

As a noun, "antithèse" means: Figure par laquelle on oppose, dans un discours, des choses contraires les unes aux autres.

What are common misspellings of "antithèse"?

Common misspellings include "anitthèse", "anntithèse", "antihtèse", "antithese", "antithhèse". The correct spelling is "antithèse".

How do you pronounce "antithèse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antithèse" is \ɑ̃.ti.tɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "antithèse" come from?

"antithèse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

annulaire#34,408 allongées#34,400 arrogants#34,423 achèterai#34,389

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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