Acts of the Apostles
"acts-of-the-apostles" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Acts of the Apostles” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Acts of the Apostles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Acts of the Apostles” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Acts of the Apostles is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Acts of the Apostles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Latin Āctūs Apostolōrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων (Práxeis Apostólōn). The correct English form is Acts of the Apostles, spelled A-C-T-S- -O-F- -T-H-E- -A-P-O-S-T-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.
Etymology
Calque of Latin Āctūs Apostolōrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων (Práxeis Apostólōn).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-T-S- -O-F- -T-H-E- -A-P-O-S-T-L-E-S - 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.