apocalypse
a·poc·a·lypse/əˈpɑkəlɪps/noun, verb
apocalypse is spelled A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E, 4 syllables: a·poc·a·lypse. The wrong spelling people search most is apocolypse: about 480 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Apocalypse is a noun meaning “A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events”. The plural of apocalypse is apocalypses.
How many letters and syllables are in apocalypse?
| Letters | 10: A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: a·poc·a·lypse |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, apocolypse, about 480 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 do you spell apocalypse?
Apocalypse is spelled A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 16 of the searches for apocalypse in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is apocalypse?
Apocalypse appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 apocalypse?
- UK /əˈpɒkəlɪps/
- US /əˈpɑkəlɪps/
Apocalypse has 4 syllables, split a·poc·a·lypse in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-apocalypse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with apocalypse?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as apocalypse from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəlɪps/):
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 apocalypse
- apocalypses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- apocalypsing participle, present
- apocalypsed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does apocalypse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
- 2
A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
Near-synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, holocaust; armageddon, doomsday, end times, eschaton, judgement day, judgment day
- 3
The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
Meronyms: Final Judgment, Judgment Day, judgement day, judgment day
- 4
The Book of Revelation.
verb
- 1
To reveal.
- 2
informalrareTo dwell on a huge disaster one expects to take place.
- 3
informalrareTo bring about (a huge disaster).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apocalypse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apocalypse |
| German | Apokalypse |
| Portuguese | apocalipse |
| Spanish | apocalipsis |
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.