appellate

/əˈpɛlət/

//əˈpɛlət// adj

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"appellate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“appellate” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,483
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

Corpus desk

Index EN-appellate · appellate · English

appellate · rank #18,483 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,483
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH angrily

Nearest frequency peer: angrily (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “appellate”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “appellate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

appellate vs appellant
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for appellate
PropertyValue
Headwordappellate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/əˈpɛlət/
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,483
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “appellate”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).appellatelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “angrily” (#18,482), “approving” (#18,484), “Angola” (#18,481). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “appellate” is #18,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around appellate (IPA /əˈpɛlət/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,483 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for appellate, with forms such as "apellate", "apepllate", and "appelalte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "appellant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin appellātus. The correct English form is appellate, spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.

Etymology

From Latin appellātus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apellate
  • apepllate
  • appelalte
  • appelate
  • appellaet
  • appellatte
  • appelltae
  • applelate
  • papellate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appellate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apellate1apepllate2appelalte2appelate1appellaet2appellatte1appelltae2applelate2
Edit distance from "appellate"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "appellate"?
"appellate" is spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈpɛlət/.
What does "appellate" mean?
As an adjective, "appellate" means: That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
What words are commonly confused with "appellate"?
"appellate" is commonly confused with "appellant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appellate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appellate" is /əˈpɛlət/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "appellate"?
From Latin appellātus. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "appellate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

approving#18,484ascension#18,486adjective#18,475adherence#18,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

amnesia9 variantswhores9 variantssynth9 variantsstaffed9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list