apócope
[aˈpokope]
The verdict
“apócope” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,883 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,883
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pérdida u omisión de uno o más sonidos al final de una palabra, en su uso histórico o retórico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apocope · apócope · Spanish
apócope · rank #94,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,883
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aproximamos
Nearest frequency peer: aproximamos (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “apócope”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aplicase
aplicase
5,122 corpus weight
- apoda
apoda
5,121 corpus weight
- aproximamos
aproximamos
5,119 corpus weight
- apócope
apócope
5,118 corpus weight
- arabescos
arabescos
5,116 corpus weight
- Arbeloa
Arbeloa
5,115 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apócope” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apócope |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈpokope] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apócope” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apócope is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,883 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈpokope]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pérdida u omisión de uno o más sonidos al final de una palabra, en su uso histórico o retórico.".
Zero misspellings are on record for apócope in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is apócope, spelled A-P-Ó-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Pérdida u omisión de uno o más sonidos al final de una palabra, en su uso histórico o retórico.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how apócope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
san es la apócope de santo; cine, de cinematógrafo.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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