append
/ʌˈpɛnd/
"append" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“append” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #44,616 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #44,616
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | append |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʌˈpɛnd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “append” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for append is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʌˈpɛnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,616 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for append, with forms such as "apend", "apepnd", and "appedn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "aspen", "attend", "ascend", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append F… The correct English form is append, spelled A-P-P-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
- 2To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
- 3To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apend,apepnd,appedn,appendd,appennd,appned,papend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of append - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “append”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-P-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʌˈpɛnd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aspen” - see the side-by-side comparison. append vs aspen
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.