# Apache

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/ · frequency rank #14,065

## Definitions
1. The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
2. A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
3. Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.

## Etymology
From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name.
The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.

## Easily confused with
- **apathy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apache-vs-apathy)
- **attaché** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apache-vs-attache)
- **ache** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ache-vs-apache)
- **Aachen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aachen-vs-apache)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aapche`, `apacche`, `apaceh`, `apachhe`, `apahce`, `apcahe`, `appache`, `paache`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/apache