à propos
[a pʁo.po]
The verdict
“à propos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein neues Thema oder einen neuen Aspekt einleitend; übrigens
Corpus desk
Index DE-a-propos · à propos · German
à propos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à propos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [a pʁo.po] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „à propos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
à propos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [a pʁo.po]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein neues Thema oder einen neuen Aspekt einleitend; übrigens".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à propos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is à propos, spelled À- -P-R-O-P-O-S.
Definition
- 1ein neues Thema oder einen neuen Aspekt einleitend; übrigens
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.