# Appalachian

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.t͡ʃən/ · frequency rank #20,836

## Definitions
1. Referring to the region of Appalachia or its characteristics.
2. Referring to the people and culture of Appalachia.

## Etymology
From the name of a Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida, transcribed in Spanish as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. Originally the name of the Apalachee, a Muskogean people of northwestern Florida, perhaps from Apalachee abalahci "other side of the river" or Hitchiti (Muskogean) apalwahči "dwelling on one side"; compare Proto-Muskogean *apiCi (“stem, stalk”). The name was eventually used also for the tribe and for a region spreading well inland to the north. After the de Soto expedition in 1540, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains themselves.

## Easily confused with
- **Appalachia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/appalachia-vs-appalachian)

## Common misspellings (14)
`apalachian`, `apaplachian`, `appaalchian`, `appalacchian`, `appalachain`, `appalachhian`, `appalachiann`, `appalachina`, `appalacihan`, `appalahcian`, `appalcahian`, `appallachian`, `applaachian`, `papalachian`

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