Apsis

[ˈapsɪs]

/[ˈapsɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Apsis” is uncommon German (frequency #60,341 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,341
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - halbrunde oder polygonale Altarnische in einem Tempel beziehungsweise einer Kirche

Corpus desk

Index DE-apsis · Apsis · German

Apsis · rank #60,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,341
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH appetitlich

Nearest frequency peer: appetitlich (-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 „Apsis“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Apsis
PropertyValue
HeadwordApsis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapsɪs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Apsis“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „appetitlich“ (#60,340), „Apostelgeschichte“ (#60,339), „Arbeitsfähigkeit“ (#60,343). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Apsis“ bei #60,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apsis is uncommon German at frequency #60,341 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapsɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Apsis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Apsis, spelled A-P-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    halbrunde oder polygonale Altarnische in einem Tempel beziehungsweise einer Kirche
  2. 2
    in einem Zelt eine halbrunde Einbuchtung, Vertiefung in einer Wand, in der Gepäck verstaut werden kann
  3. 3
    Scheitelpunkt einer (elliptischen) Umlaufbahn eines Himmelskörpers

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei christlichen Kirchen zeigt die Apsis meist gen Osten.
  2. „Sie habe, so hieß es, die Apsis mit merkwürdigen Tönen erfüllt.“

Synonyms

ApsideRundchorApside

This word in other languages

apse(English)ábside(Español)abside(Français)

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 "Apsis"?
"Apsis" is spelled A-P-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapsɪs].
What does "Apsis" mean?
As a noun, "Apsis" means: halbrunde oder polygonale Altarnische in einem Tempel beziehungsweise einer Kirche
How do you pronounce "Apsis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apsis" is [ˈapsɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apsis" come from?
"Apsis" 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 "Apsis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alena#60,325Aktes#60,323Balve#60,387Barby#60,391

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list