Apollon
[aˈpɔlon]
The verdict
“Apollon” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #35,622 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #35,622
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gott des Lichts, der Heilung und der Künste in der griechisch-römischen Religion
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Apollon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aˈpɔlon] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Apollon” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Apollon is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈpɔlon]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,622 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gott des Lichts, der Heilung und der Künste in der griechisch-römischen Religion".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Apollon, with forms such as "aopllon", "aplolon", and "apollno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "apollo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Apollon, spelled A-P-O-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Gott des Lichts, der Heilung und der Künste in der griechisch-römischen Religion
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aopllon,aplolon,apollno,apollonn,apololn,apolon,appollon,paollon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Apollon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Apollon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-P-O-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈpɔlon] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apollo” - see the side-by-side comparison. Apollon vs apollo
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.