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apologies

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "apologies", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "apologies" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "apologies" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

apologies is aEnglishnoun. It means: plural of apology Pronounced /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/. It ranks #8,889 in English word frequency. Often confused with apologize and apologise.

Key facts for apologies
PropertyValue
Headwordapologies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,889
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apologies in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for apologies is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,889 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is apologies, spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of apology
  2. 2
    plural of apologie

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aoplogies,aploogies,apolgoies,apollogies,apologeis,apologgies,apologiess,apoloiges,apoolgies,appologies,paologies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apologies

Misspelling Variants of "apologies"

aoplogies9aploogies9apolgoies9apollogies10apologeis9apologgies10apologiess10apoloiges9
Misspelling Variants of "apologies"

Frequency rank: #8,889 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apologies"?
"apologies" is spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/.
What does "apologies" mean?
As a noun, "apologies" means: plural of apology
What words are commonly confused with "apologies"?
"apologies" is commonly confused with "apologize", "apologise", "apologist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apologies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apologies" is /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apologies" come from?
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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.