Apulia
"apulia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Apulia” is uncommon English (frequency #89,107 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,107
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Apulia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Apulia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Apulia is uncommon English at frequency #89,107 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.".
Apulia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Āpūlia. The correct English form is Apulia, spelled A-P-U-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.
Etymology
From Latin Āpūlia.
Synonyms
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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 “Apulia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-U-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.