# apart

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈpɑːt/ · frequency rank #1,711

## Definitions
1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
2. Separately, exclusively, not together.
3. In or into two or more parts.
4. To the side; aside.

## Etymology
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

## Easily confused with
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-art)
- **apt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-apt)
- **appt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-appt)
- **award** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-award)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-aware)
- **await** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-await)
- **avant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-avant)
- **avert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-avert)
- **atari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-atari)
- **apa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apa-vs-apart)
- **Aar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aar-vs-apart)
- **Afar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afar-vs-apart)
- **agar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agar-vs-apart)
- **Amar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amar-vs-apart)
- **AARP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aarp-vs-apart)
- **ajar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-apart)
- **alert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alert-vs-apart)
- **alarm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alarm-vs-apart)
- **adapt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-apart)
- **abort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abort-vs-apart)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aaprt`, `aparrt`, `apartt`, `apatr`, `appart`, `aprat`, `paart`

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