application
ap·pli·ca·tion/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/noun
application is spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, 4 syllables: ap·pli·ca·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is aplication: about 640 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 100 of all searches for the word. Application is a noun meaning “The act of physically applying or laying on”. The plural of application is applications.
How many letters and syllables are in application?
| Letters | 11: A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ap·pli·ca·tion |
| In writing | 72 times per million words; the 1,457th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, aplication, about 640 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell application?
Application is spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 85 of the searches for application in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is application?
Application appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce application?
- US /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌæp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Australia /ˌæp.ləˈkæɪ.ʃən/
Application has 4 syllables, split ap·pli·ca·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-application.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with application?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as application from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
- communication
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of application
- applications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does application mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of physically applying or laying on.
The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
- 2
The substance applied.
- 3
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- 4
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
- 5
A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
This application can connect to most social networks.
- 6
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
- 7
A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
- 8
The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate application?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of application: Appl., appln.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Application in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | application , programme |
| German | Anwendung , Applikation, App |
| Portuguese | aplicação , aplicativo |
| Spanish | aplicación , aplicativo , solicitud |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.