Apus
/ˈeɪpəs/
"apus" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Apus” is uncommon English (frequency #80,195 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,195
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.
Corpus desk
Index EN-apus · Apus · English
Apus · rank #80,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,195
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH AO3
Nearest frequency peer: AO3 (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Apus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ankit
Ankit
19,811 corpus weight
- antihyperte…
antihypertensive
19,810 corpus weight
- AO3
AO3
19,807 corpus weight
- Apus
Apus
19,806 corpus weight
- Aras
Aras
19,805 corpus weight
- Arecibo
Arecibo
19,804 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Apus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Apus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪpəs/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Apus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Apus is uncommon English at frequency #80,195 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈeɪpəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Apus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditi… The correct English form is Apus, spelled A-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.
Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditional taxidermy, and were consequently believed by Europeans to lack feet—see Paradisaea apoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
This word in other languages
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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