append
/ʌˈpɛnd/verb, noun
append is spelled A-P-P-E-N-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, append means “To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in append?
| Letters | 6: A-P-P-E-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 append?
Append appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 append?
- US /ʌˈpɛnd/
- UK /əˈpɛnd/
Append has 2 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: En-us-append.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with append
Sounds like: upend (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with append?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as append from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnd/):
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 append
- appends present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- appending participle, present
- appended participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does append mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.
a seal appended to a record
- 2
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex.
notes appended to a book chapter
- 3
To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
noun
- 1
An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file or sequential data structure, such as a list.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Append in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appendre, suspendre, ajouter |
| German | heften, anheften , hinzufügen, beifügen |
| Portuguese | atrelar, juntar, apensar, anexar , agregar |
| Spanish | apostillar, enserir, inserir, injerir |
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 append come from?
From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).