apocrypha
/əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/
"apocrypha" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apocrypha” is uncommon English (frequency #54,013 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,013
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of apocryphon
Corpus desk
Index EN-apocrypha · apocrypha · English
apocrypha · rank #54,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,013
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH apportionment
Nearest frequency peer: apportionment (+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 “apocrypha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anoint
anoint
45,992 corpus weight
- Antares
Antares
45,991 corpus weight
- apocrypha
apocrypha
45,988 corpus weight
- apportionme…
apportionment
45,987 corpus weight
- Araki
Araki
45,986 corpus weight
- Aran
Aran
45,985 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “apocrypha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apocrypha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “apocrypha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
apocrypha is uncommon English at frequency #54,013 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of apocryphon".
No generated misspelling entries exist for apocrypha in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (kr… The correct English form is apocrypha, spelled A-P-O-C-R-Y-P-H-A.
Definition
- 1plural of apocryphon
Etymology
From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”). Properly plural (the singular would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. “Apocryphal” meaning “of doubtful authenticity” is first attested in English in 1590.
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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