# apostrophe

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/ · frequency rank #38,728

## Definitions
1. The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

## Etymology
From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`aopstrophe`, `aposrtophe`, `aposstrophe`, `apostorphe`, `apostrohpe`, `apostropeh`, `apostrophhe`, `apostropphe`, `apostrpohe`, `apostrrophe`, `aposttrophe`, `apotsrophe`, `appostrophe`, `apsotrophe`, `paostrophe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/apostrophe