app store

noun

"app-store" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“app store” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A digital marketplace where computer software can be purchased and downloaded.

Corpus desk

Index EN-app-store · app store · English

app store · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for app store
PropertyValue
Headwordapp store
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “app store” in English

app storefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

app store is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A digital marketplace where computer software can be purchased and downloaded.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for app store, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is app store, spelled A-P-P- -S-T-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A digital marketplace where computer software can be purchased and downloaded.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how app store appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In short, if your app store gets 100 impressions, then how many users end up installing your app after visiting your app store. If 10 users end up installing your app and your app store shows 100 impressions then your conversion rate is 10%.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "app store"?
"app store" is spelled A-P-P- -S-T-O-R-E.
What does "app store" mean?
As a noun, "app store" means: A digital marketplace where computer software can be purchased and downloaded.
What language does "app store" come from?
"app store" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list