applejack
"applejack" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“applejack” is uncommon English (frequency #62,677 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,677
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
Corpus desk
Index EN-applejack · applejack · English
applejack · rank #62,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,677
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH antiquary
Nearest frequency peer: antiquary (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “applejack”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- antiquary
antiquary
37,325 corpus weight
- applejack
applejack
37,324 corpus weight
- areola
areola
37,322 corpus weight
- armrest
armrest
37,320 corpus weight
- Arrieta
Arrieta
37,319 corpus weight
- Artois
Artois
37,318 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “applejack” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | applejack |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “applejack” in English
Rare enough to double-check
applejack is uncommon English at frequency #62,677 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for applejack, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From apple + jack, referring to the increase in alcohol concentration due to freeze distillation. The correct English form is applejack, spelled A-P-P-L-E-J-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
Etymology
From apple + jack, referring to the increase in alcohol concentration due to freeze distillation.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).