application form
"application-form" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“application form” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-application-form · application form · English
application form · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | application form |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “application form” in English
Rare enough to double-check
application form is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for application form, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is application form, spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N- -F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how application form appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When applying for a position here, attach your resumé and cover letter to the application form before submitting it.
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.