apostate
/əˈpɒs.teɪt/
"apostate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apostate” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,030
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guilty of apostasy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-apostate · apostate · English
apostate · rank #43,030 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,030
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH archway
Nearest frequency peer: archway (+2 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 “apostate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Amato
Amato
56,975 corpus weight
- anagram
anagram
56,974 corpus weight
- apostate
apostate
56,971 corpus weight
- archway
archway
56,969 corpus weight
- Ariane
Ariane
56,967 corpus weight
- artfully
artfully
56,966 corpus weight
What this shows “apostate” 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 | apostate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈpɒs.teɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “apostate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around apostate (IPA /əˈpɒs.teɪt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,030 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Guilty of apostasy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for apostate, with forms such as "aopstate", "aposatte", and "aposstate". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "apostle", "apostasy", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). The correct English form is apostate, spelled A-P-O-S-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Guilty of apostasy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apostate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We must punish this apostate priest.
VVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, and from thee vvithdravv / The number of thy vvorſhippers.
Etymology
From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aopstate
- aposatte
- aposstate
- apostaet
- apostatte
- aposttae
- aposttate
- apotsate
- appostate
- apsotate
- paostate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apostate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apostate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).