appreciate
/əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/
"appreciate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“appreciate” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,852 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,852
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To be grateful or thankful for.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appreciate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appreciate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for appreciate is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,852 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for appreciate, with forms such as "apperciate", "apprceiate", and "apprecaite". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "appreciative", "appreciable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō … The correct English form is appreciate, spelled A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To be grateful or thankful for.
- 2To view as valuable.
- 3To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- 4To increase in value.
Etymology
Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apperciate,apprceiate,apprecaite,apprecciate,appreciaet,appreciatte,apprecitae,appreicate,apprreciate,apreciate,aprpeciate,papreciate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appreciate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “appreciate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “appreciative” - see the side-by-side comparison. appreciate vs appreciative
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.