appel
/əˈpɛl/
"appel" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“appel” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,939 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,939
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈpɛl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appel” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for appel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈpɛl/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,939 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.".
Zero misspellings are on record for appel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal. The correct English form is appel, spelled A-P-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
Etymology
Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “appel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-P-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈpɛl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.