# apparition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/ · frequency rank #34,378

## Definitions
1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
4. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
5. A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

## Etymology
From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

## Common misspellings (13)
`apaprition`, `aparition`, `appairtion`, `appariiton`, `apparision`, `apparitino`, `apparitionn`, `apparitoin`, `apparittion`, `apparrition`, `appartiion`, `appraition`, `paparition`

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