appose
/əˈpəʊz/verb
appose is spelled A-P-P-O-S-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, appose means “To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in appose?
| Letters | 6: A-P-P-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is appose?
Appose appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 appose?
- /əˈpəʊz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-appose.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with appose
Sounds like: oppose (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of appose
- apposes present, singular, he/she/it
- apposing participle, present
- apposed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does appose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
- 2
To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
- 3
obsoleteTo interrogate; to question.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Appose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place next to or near to:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | apor |
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.
Where does appose come from?
Coined based on Latin appōnō, by analogy with compose, suppose etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).