apud
The verdict
“apud” is uncommon German (frequency #98,107 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,107
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu, neben, bei, an
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apud |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apud” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
apud is uncommon German at frequency #98,107 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu, neben, bei, an".
No generated misspelling entries exist for apud in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is apud, spelled A-P-U-D.
Definition
- 1zu, neben, bei, an
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 “apud”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-P-U-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.