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 May 6, 2026) - A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | application form |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “application form” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “application form”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N- -F-O-R-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.