# append

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʌˈpɛnd/ · frequency rank #44,616

## Definitions
1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
3. To 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.

## Easily confused with
- **aspen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/append-vs-aspen)
- **attend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/append-vs-attend)
- **ascend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/append-vs-ascend)
- **appendix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/append-vs-appendix)
- **amend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amend-vs-append)
- **amped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amped-vs-append)
- **appear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/appear-vs-append)
- **appeal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/appeal-vs-append)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apend`, `apepnd`, `appedn`, `appendd`, `appennd`, `appned`, `papend`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/append