# apprentice

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈpɹɛntɪs/ · frequency rank #11,164

## Definitions
1. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
2. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
3. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

## Etymology
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō.
Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and for another aspect быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ).

## Common misspellings (13)
`apperntice`, `apprenitce`, `apprenntice`, `apprentcie`, `apprenticce`, `apprentiec`, `apprenttice`, `appretnice`, `apprnetice`, `apprrentice`, `aprentice`, `aprpentice`, `paprentice`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/apprentice