appliqué
"applique" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“appliqué” is uncommon English (frequency #93,403 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,403
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of applique.
Corpus desk
Index EN-applique · appliqué · English
appliqué · rank #93,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,403
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH apolipoprotein
Nearest frequency peer: apolipoprotein (-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 “appliqué”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- antivenom
antivenom
6,601 corpus weight
- apiary
apiary
6,600 corpus weight
- apolipoprot…
apolipoprotein
6,599 corpus weight
- appliqué
appliqué
6,598 corpus weight
- Arakawa
Arakawa
6,597 corpus weight
- arber
arber
6,596 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “appliqué” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appliqué |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “appliqué” in English
Rare enough to double-check
appliqué is uncommon English at frequency #93,403 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of applique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for appliqué, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is appliqué, spelled A-P-P-L-I-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of applique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how appliqué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).