apathie

\a.pa.ti\

/\a.pa.ti\/ noun

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The verdict

“apathie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,051
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une âme qui n’est susceptible d’aucune émotion ; impassibilité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apathie · apathie · French

apathie · rank #28,051 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,051
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH annulées

Nearest frequency peer: annulées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « apathie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « apathie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apathie vs apatride
75% similar
apathie vs agathe
71% similar
apathie vs Apache
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for apathie
PropertyValue
Headwordapathie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pa.ti\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,051
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apathie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.apathiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « annulées » (#28,050), « Ancelotti » (#28,049), « Aquin » (#28,053). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apathie » est au #28,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around apathie (IPA \a.pa.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,051 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for apathie, with forms such as "aapthie", "apahtie", and "apathei". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "apatride", "agathe", "Apache", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is apathie, spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une âme qui n’est susceptible d’aucune émotion ; impassibilité.
  2. 2
    Nonchalance, indolence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apathie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les stoïciens voulaient que leur sage fût dans une entière apathie.
  2. Le docteur sortit de son apathie habituelle pour faire chorus avec son père.

Synonyms

nonchalanceindolence

Antonyms

empathie

This word in other languages

apathy(English)apatía(Español)Apathie(Deutsch)apatia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aapthie
  • apahtie
  • apathei
  • apathhie
  • apatihe
  • apatthie
  • appathie
  • aptahie
  • paathie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apathie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aapthie2apahtie2apathei2apathhie1apatihe2apatthie1appathie1aptahie2
Edit distance from "apathie"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apathie"?
"apathie" is spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pa.ti\.
What does "apathie" mean?
As a noun, "apathie" means: État d’une âme qui n’est susceptible d’aucune émotion ; impassibilité.
What words are commonly confused with "apathie"?
"apathie" is commonly confused with "apatride", "agathe", "Apache". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apathie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apathie" is \a.pa.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apathie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apathie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

argiles#28,055abonnez#28,036abbesse#28,032émigrer#28,028

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

arches9 variantsAbbeville9 variantsbourgs9 variantsbribes9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list