appellate
/əˈpɛlət/adjective
appellate is spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, appellate means “That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in appellate?
| Letters | 9: A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is appellate?
Appellate appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 appellate?
- US /əˈpɛlət/
Appellate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-appellate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with appellate?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as appellate from its last stressed vowel (/ɛlət/):
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).
What does appellate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Appellate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to something that is appealed to:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | apelado, apelatório |
| Spanish | apelacional, apelatorio |
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.
Where does appellate come from?
From Latin appellātus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).