apart
/əˈpɑɹt/adverb, postposition, adjective
apart is spelled A-P-A-R-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “apart vs part” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an adverb, apart means “Placed separately (in regard to space or time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in apart?
| Letters | 5: A-P-A-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 60 times per million words; the 1,724th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is apart?
Apart appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th 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 apart?
- UK /əˈpɑːt/
- US /əˈpɑɹt/
Apart 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). Recordings: En-us-apart.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with apart
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with apart?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as apart from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prata.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of apart
- more apart comparative
- further apart comparative
- farther apart comparative
- most apart superlative
- furthest apart superlative
- farthest apart superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does apart mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- 2
Separately, exclusively, not together.
Consider the two propositions apart.
- 3
In or into two or more parts.
We took the computer apart and put it back together.
- 4
To the side; aside.
postposition
- 1
Excluded from consideration.
Joking apart, what do you think?
adjective
- 1
Exceptional, distinct.
In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.
- 2
Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
- 3
Separate, on the side.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apart in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | séparé, séparément, à part , en morceaux, en pièces |
| German | getrennt , entzwei, in Stücke , beiseite |
| Portuguese | à parte , de lado, distante , afastado |
| Spanish | aparte, separadamente |
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 apart come from?
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).