apple

Where “apple” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
2. 2
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
3. 3
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
4. 4
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
5. 5
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
6. 6
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
7. 7
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
8. 8
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
9. 9
   A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
10. 10
    A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
11. 11
    A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
12. 12
    A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
13. 13
    A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
14. 14
    A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
15. 15
    Synonym of applewood (“the wood of the apple tree”).
16. 16
    A person.
17. 17
    Synonym of CBer (“a CB radio enthusiast”).
18. 18
    An assist.
19. 19
    A Native American or redskinned person who acts or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl Proto-Germanic *aplaz Proto-West Germanic *applu Old English æppel Middle English appel English apple The noun is derived from Middle English appel (“Malus domestica fruit or tree, apple; any type of fruit, nut, or tuber; tree bearing fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; (Christianity) forbidden fruit in Eden”), from Old English æppel (“apple; any type of fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; eyeball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple”). As regards noun sense 1.4 (“forbidden fruit”), the type of fruit eaten by Adam and Eve is not identified in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. It may have come to be identified with the apple because of the similarity between Latin mālum (“apple”) and malum (“evil; misery, torment; wrongdoing”). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates Cognate with Scots aipple (“apple”), North Frisian aapel, Oapel, ååpel (“apple”), Saterland Frisian Apel, Appel (“apple”), West Frisian apel, appel (“apple”), Alemannic German effél, epfel, epfil, öpfil (“apple”), Bavarian eipfele, epfl, Åpfe (“apple”), Cimbrian oupfal, öpfel, öpfl (“apple”), Dutch appel (“apple”), German Apfel (“apple”), German Low German Appel (“apple”), Limburgish Ape̩l, appel (“apple”), Luxembourgish Apel (“apple”), Mòcheno epfl (“apple”), Vilamovian epuł (“apple”), Yiddish עפּל (epl, “apple”), Danish æble (“apple”), Faroese epl, epli (“apple; potato”), Icelandic epli (“apple”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk eple (“apple”), Swedish äpple (“apple”), Crimean Gothic apel (“apple”), Irish úll (“apple”), Lithuanian óbuolỹs (“apple”), Russian я́блоко (jábloko, “apple”), Welsh afal (“apple”), possibly Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aple,aplpe,appel,applle,paple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apple - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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