appeal
ap·peal/əˈpiːl/noun, verb
appeal is spelled A-P-P-E-A-L, 2 syllables: ap·peal. The wrong spelling people search most is apeal: about 350 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 29 of all searches for the word. Appeal is a noun meaning “An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be…”. The plural of appeal is appeals.
How many letters and syllables are in appeal?
| Letters | 6: A-P-P-E-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ap·peal |
| In writing | 47 times per million words; the 2,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, apeal, about 350 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell appeal?
Appeal is spelled A-P-P-E-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 29 of the searches for appeal in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is appeal?
Appeal appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd 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 appeal?
- UK /əˈpiːl/
- US /əˈpiːl/
Appeal has 2 syllables, split ap·peal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-appeal.wav, En-us-appeal.ogg, En-au-appeal.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with appeal
Also written: appel.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with appeal?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as appeal from its last stressed vowel (/il/):
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 appeal
- appeals plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- appeale
- appeall
- appealing participle, present
- appealed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does appeal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- 2
The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- 3
A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
I have an appeal against the lower court decision.
- 4
An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- 5
A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- 6
At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- 7
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.
- 8
The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
verb
- 1
Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.
- 2
To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court.
- 3
To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- 4
Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
- 5
Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- 6
To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- 7
Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- 8
To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate appeal?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of appeal: appl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Appeal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appel , attrait , interjeter appel, faire appel , appeler (à) , plaire (à) |
| German | Berufung , Reiz , in Berufung gehen , ansprechen, anziehen, gefallen |
| Portuguese | apelação, recurso , recorrer, apelar , atrair , apelo |
| Spanish | apelación, recurso , aliciente , apelar , postura, petición |
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.