app
/æp/noun
app is spelled A-P-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, app means “An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of app is apps.
How many letters and syllables are in app?
| Letters | 3: A-P-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 72 times per million words; the 1,457th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is app?
App appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce app?
- US /æp/
- US [æʔp̚]
- British /ap/
App has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-app.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with app?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as app from its last stressed vowel (/æp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pap.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of app
- apps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does app mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
- 2
application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
SCULLY: What are these chips used for? PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
- 3
informalapplication (to a college etc.)
- 4
informalappetizer
- 5
An appearance in a game.
That player has had ten apps this season.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of appeals.
- 2
nonstandardAlternative form of app.
- 3
Abbreviation of approach.
10 Station App
- 4
Abbreviation of apparatus.
noun
- 1
Initialism of acute-phase protein.
- 2
Initialism of amyloid precursor protein.
- 3
Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate.
- 4
Initialism of authorized push payment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
App in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small computer application:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appli, application, programme |
| German | App |
| Portuguese | app, aplicativo, aplicativo móvel, aplicação, aplicação móvel |
| Spanish | apli, app (ap) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does app come from?
Clipping of application.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).