apanage
/ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/
"apanage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apanage” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
Corpus desk
Index EN-apanage · apanage · English
apanage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apanage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “apanage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
apanage is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apanage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”). The correct English form is apanage, spelled A-P-A-N-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
- 2A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apanage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Well, prince, Genoa and Lucca are now nothing more than the apanages, than the private property of the Bonaparte family.
they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country.
Etymology
From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”).
This word in other languages
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.