appellieren
[apɛˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“appellieren” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #32,911 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #32,911
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich mit einem Anliegen, einer Bitte oder Aufforderung an jemanden wenden
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 | appellieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apɛˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #32,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appellieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for appellieren is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apɛˈliːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,911 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich mit einem Anliegen, einer Bitte oder Aufforderung an jemanden wenden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for appellieren, with forms such as "apellieren", "apepllieren", and "appelieren". 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, "appelliert", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is appellieren, spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich mit einem Anliegen, einer Bitte oder Aufforderung an jemanden wenden
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apellieren,apepllieren,appelieren,appelileren,appelleiren,appellieern,appellierenn,appellierne,appellierren,appellireen,applelieren,papellieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appellieren - 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 “appellieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-P-P-E-L-L-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [apɛˈliːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “appelliert” - see the side-by-side comparison. appellieren vs appelliert
- 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.