apodal

adj

"apodal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“apodal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.

Corpus desk

Index EN-apodal · apodal · English

apodal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for apodal
PropertyValue
Headwordapodal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “apodal” in English

apodalfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apodal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apodal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 a- + -podal. The correct English form is apodal, spelled A-P-O-D-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.

Etymology

From a- + -podal.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apodal"?
"apodal" is spelled A-P-O-D-A-L.
What does "apodal" mean?
As an adjective, "apodal" means: Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.
What is the origin of the word "apodal"?
From a- + -podal. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list