APGAR
"apgar" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“APGAR” is uncommon English (frequency #90,147 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,147
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration (used to remember how to give a newborn an Apgar score)
Corpus desk
Index EN-apgar · APGAR · English
APGAR · rank #90,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,147
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aoun
Nearest frequency peer: Aoun (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “APGAR”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ansley
Ansley
9,862 corpus weight
- anticlimax
anticlimax
9,858 corpus weight
- antiphon
antiphon
9,857 corpus weight
- Aoun
Aoun
9,855 corpus weight
- APGAR
APGAR
9,854 corpus weight
- asiago
asiago
9,847 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “APGAR” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | APGAR |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “APGAR” in English
Rare enough to double-check
APGAR is uncommon English at frequency #90,147 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration (used to remember how to give a newborn an Apgar score)".
APGAR has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Backronym, from Apgar score. The correct English form is APGAR, spelled A-P-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration (used to remember how to give a newborn an Apgar score)
Etymology
Backronym, from Apgar score.
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.
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