apostolate
"apostolate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apostolate” is an uncommon English word, ranked #77,418 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #77,418
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The office, or responsibilities of an apostle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apostolate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apostolate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for apostolate is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #77,418 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apostolate, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Late Latin apostolātus. By surface analysis, apostle + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Doublet of apostolado. The correct English form is apostolate, spelled A-P-O-S-T-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The office, or responsibilities of an apostle.
- 2A group of people that exists for the spreading of religious doctrine.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin apostolātus. By surface analysis, apostle + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Doublet of apostolado.
This word in other languages
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 “apostolate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-O-S-T-O-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.