# apologetics

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,615

## Definitions
1. The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines.

## Etymology
From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in one's defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”) + -ics.

## Easily confused with
- **apologetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apologetic-vs-apologetics)

## Common misspellings (16)
`aoplogetics`, `aploogetics`, `apolgoetics`, `apollogetics`, `apoloegtics`, `apologeitcs`, `apologetcis`, `apologeticcs`, `apologeticss`, `apologetisc`, `apologettics`, `apologgetics`, `apologteics`, `apoolgetics`, `appologetics`, `paologetics`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/apologetics