apologies
/əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/
"apologies" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apologies” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,889
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of apology
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apologies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apologies” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around apologies (IPA /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,889 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for apologies, with forms such as "aoplogies", "aploogies", and "apolgoies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "apologize", "apologise", "apologist", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is apologies, spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of apology
- 2plural of apologie
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aoplogies
- aploogies
- apolgoies
- apollogies
- apologeis
- apologgies
- apologiess
- apoloiges
- apoolgies
- appologies
- paologies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apologies - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “apologies”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apologize” - see the side-by-side comparison. apologies vs apologize
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.