apellida
[apeˈʝið̞a]
The verdict
“apellida” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,780 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,780
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apellidar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apellida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apeˈʝið̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apellida” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
apellida is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,780 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apeˈʝið̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apellida, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is apellida, spelled A-P-E-L-L-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apellidar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de apellidar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “apellida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-P-E-L-L-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [apeˈʝið̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.