apt
/æpt/adjective, noun
apt is spelled A-P-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, apt means “Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in apt?
| Letters | 3: A-P-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is apt?
Apt appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd 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 apt?
- US /æpt/
Apt has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-apt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with apt?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as apt from its last stressed vowel (/æpt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tap, pat, pta.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of apt
- apter comparative
- more apt comparative
- aptest superlative
- most apt superlative
- apts plural
- apt.
- apts. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does apt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
an apt metaphor
- 2
Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
- 3
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
a pupil apt to learn
noun
- 1
Initialism of automation presses tooling.
- 2
UKInitialism of advanced passenger train.
- 3
USAbbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt..
- 4
Initialism of advanced persistent threat.
- 5
Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory.
- 6
UKInitialism of anatomical pathology technologist.
- 7
Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of apartment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 apt come from?
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).