apple pie
/ˌæp.əlˈpaɪ/
"apple-pie" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apple pie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pie or tart made with a filling of cooked apples.
Corpus desk
Index EN-apple-pie · apple pie · English
apple pie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apple pie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæp.əlˈpaɪ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “apple pie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
apple pie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæp.əlˈpaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for apple pie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is apple pie, spelled A-P-P-L-E- -P-I-E.
Definition
- 1A pie or tart made with a filling of cooked apples.
- 2Anything positive that is quintessentially American.
- 3Any of various willowherbs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apple pie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.
[…] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.