apologise
/əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/
"apologise" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apologise” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,833
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-apologise · apologise · English
apologise · rank #11,833 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,833
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alzheimer's
Nearest frequency peer: Alzheimer's (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “apologise”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- acne
acne
88,171 corpus weight
- advertise
advertise
88,170 corpus weight
- Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's
88,169 corpus weight
- apologise
apologise
88,168 corpus weight
- assassin
assassin
88,166 corpus weight
- assign
assign
88,165 corpus weight
What this shows “apologise” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | apologise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “apologise”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around apologise (IPA /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,833 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for apologise, with forms such as "aoplogise", "aploogise", and "apolgoise". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "apologize", "apologist", "apologies", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From apology + -ise. The correct English form is apologise, spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apologise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months.
At the other extreme, couples who are married with children have heavily disguised tiffs. A man saying in a slightly strained way, 'I'm going to turn the compost', is actually saying, 'And that's all you are, Jean, compost!' Of course, what happens is eventually he apologises, they cry, make love, have another child, get overtired and the tiffing continues.
Etymology
From apology + -ise.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aoplogise
- aploogise
- apolgoise
- apollogise
- apologgise
- apologisse
- apologsie
- apoloigse
- apoolgise
- appologise
- paologise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apologise - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).