# apt

> English word · Adjective · IPA /æpt/ · frequency rank #11,337

## Definitions
1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
2. Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

## Etymology
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)”).

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-as)
- **at** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-at)
- **aw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-aw)
- **AR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ar)
- **AU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-au)
- **AZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-az)
- **av** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-av)
- **ay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ay)
- **ax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ax)
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-are)
- **ask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ask)
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-art)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ass)
- **arm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-arm)
- **ate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ate)
- **arc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-arc)
- **ash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ash)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-ave)
- **aye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-aye)
- **ATM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apt-vs-atm)

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