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ap

adjective

ap is spelled A-P: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ap means “Abbreviation of apothecaries' system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ap?

Letters2: A-P
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is ap?

Ap appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ap?

    Ap has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does ap mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Abbreviation of apothecaries' system.

      ap oz

    adjective

    as AP
    1. 1

      Initialism of all-purpose.

    2. 2

      Initialism of alternately placed.

    3. 3

      Initialism of anteroposterior.

    4. 4

      Initialism of anti-personnel.

    5. 5

      Initialism of armor-piercing.

    noun

    as AP
    1. 1

      USAn Advanced Placement program.

    2. 2

      An Audemars Piguet watch.

      I put her in a new AP

    3. 3

      Initialism of access point.

    4. 4

      Initialism of accounts payable.

    5. 5

      Initialism of acetylpyrroline.

    6. 6

      Initialism of action point.

    7. 7

      Initialism of adjective phrase or adverbial phrase.

    8. 8

      Initialism of advantage player.

    noun

    as Ap
    1. 1

      Abbreviation of April.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Ap in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense adjective phrase, adverb phrase:

    LanguageWords
    GermanAP

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

    Where does ap come from?

    Abbreviation of apothecaries'.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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