apocope
/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
"apocope" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apocope” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apocope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apocope” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for apocope is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
apocope doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”). The correct English form is apocope, spelled A-P-O-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
- 2The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “apocope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-O-C-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.