appurtenance
/əˈpɜr tn əns/noun
appurtenance is spelled A-P-P-U-R-T-E-N-A-N-C-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, appurtenance means “That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of appurtenance is appurtenances.
How many letters and syllables are in appurtenance?
| Letters | 12: A-P-P-U-R-T-E-N-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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 appurtenance?
Appurtenance appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 appurtenance?
- US /əˈpɜr tn əns/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ncalif-appurtenance.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of appurtenance
- appurtenances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does appurtenance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition.
- 2
Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
- 3
A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
- 4
A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
- 5
The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Appurtenance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Anhängsel, Anhang , Rüstzeug, Ausrüstung, Ausrüstungsgegenstand, modisches Zubehör |
| Portuguese | apetrechos |
| Spanish | aparejos, pertrechos |
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 appurtenance come from?
From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”). More at appertain. By surface analysis, appertain + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).