Apk

abbrev

The verdict

“Apk” is uncommon German (frequency #61,282 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,282
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch der Apokalypse, auch die Offenbarung des Johannes genannt

Corpus desk

Index DE-apk · Apk · German

Apk · rank #61,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,282
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH apathisch

Nearest frequency peer: apathisch (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Apk“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Apk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Apk
PropertyValue
HeadwordApk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#61,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Apk“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Apkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „apathisch“ (#61,281), „Appenzeller“ (#61,283), „anzunähern“ (#61,280). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Apk“ bei #61,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apk is uncommon German at frequency #61,282 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch der Apokalypse, auch die Offenbarung des Johannes genannt".

Apk has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Apk, spelled A-P-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch der Apokalypse, auch die Offenbarung des Johannes genannt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Apk 1 bietet uns die Berufungsvision des Sehers.

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Apk"?
"Apk" is spelled A-P-K.
What does "Apk" mean?
As an abbreviation, "Apk" means: Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch der Apokalypse, auch die Offenbarung des Johannes genannt
What language does "Apk" come from?
"Apk" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list