apartment

/əˈpɑːt.mənt/

//əˈpɑːt.mənt// noun

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"apartment" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“apartment” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,242
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

Corpus desk

Index EN-apartment · apartment · English

apartment · rank #2,242 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,242
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH advance

Nearest frequency peer: advance (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “apartment”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “apartment” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apartment
PropertyValue
Headwordapartment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈpɑːt.mənt/
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,242
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “apartment”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).apartmentlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “advance” (#2,241), “Asia” (#2,243), “actor” (#2,240). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “apartment” is #2,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around apartment (IPA /əˈpɑːt.mənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,242 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for apartment, with forms such as "aaprtment", "aparmtent", and "aparrtment". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart. The correct English form is apartment, spelled A-P-A-R-T-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
  2. 2
    A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
  3. 3
    A room within a house.
  4. 4
    A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment.
  5. 5
    A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apartment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. apartment dwellers
  2. I am Jonathan. I am in apartment B4. — I am in apartment C2.

Etymology

From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart.

Synonyms

flatunitcondominium

This word in other languages

apartamento(Español)appartement(Français)Wohnung(Deutsch)apartamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aaprtment
  • aparmtent
  • aparrtment
  • apartemnt
  • apartmennt
  • apartmentt
  • apartmetn
  • apartmment
  • apartmnet
  • aparttment
  • apatrment
  • appartment
  • apratment
  • paartment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apartment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aaprtment2aparmtent2aparrtment1apartemnt2apartmennt1apartmentt1apartmetn2apartmment1
Edit distance from "apartment"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apartment"?
"apartment" is spelled A-P-A-R-T-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈpɑːt.mənt/.
What does "apartment" mean?
As a noun, "apartment" means: A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
What are common misspellings of "apartment"?
Common misspellings include "aaprtment", "aparmtent", "aparrtment", "apartemnt", "apartmennt". The correct spelling is "apartment".
How do you pronounce "apartment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apartment" is /əˈpɑːt.mənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "apartment"?
From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apartment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list