apricot
/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/
"apricot" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apricot” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #29,539 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,539
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apricot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apricot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for apricot is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,539 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for apricot, with forms such as "apircot", "appricot", and "aprciot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (“sunny place”)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “p… The correct English form is apricot, spelled A-P-R-I-C-O-T.
Definition
- 1A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
- 2The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
- 3A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
- 4A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
- 5The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
- 6A testicle.
Etymology
Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (“sunny place”)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”). Doublet of precocious.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apircot,appricot,aprciot,apriccot,apricott,apricto,aprioct,aprricot,arpicot,paricot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apricot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “apricot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-R-I-C-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.