apéro

\a.pe.ʁo\

/\a.pe.ʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“apéro” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,321
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apéritif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apero · apéro · French

apéro · rank #13,321 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,321
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appréciée

Nearest frequency peer: appréciée (-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 « apéro »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apéro » 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).

apéro vs APR
0% similar
apéro vs apo
60% similar
apéro vs apex
40% similar

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

Key facts for apéro
PropertyValue
Headwordapéro
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pe.ʁo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,321
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apéro »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « appréciée » (#13,320), « arcade » (#13,322), « approuver » (#13,319). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apéro » est au #13,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around apéro (IPA \a.pe.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,321 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apéritif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for apéro, with forms such as "apero", "appéro", and "apréo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "APR", "apo", "apex", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is apéro, spelled A-P-É-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apéritif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elles se craquelaient dangereusement, et tout le temps que je restai là je craignis qu’un morceau de fesse de la divinité aussi callipyge que mythologique qui planait sur nos têtes ne tombât dans mon apéro en guise de zeste supplémentaire.
  2. Il avait repéré une guinguette le long du canal Saint-Martin et nous invitait à boire l’apéro.

Synonyms

apéritif

This word in other languages

Apéro(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apero
  • appéro
  • apréo
  • apéor
  • apérro
  • aépro
  • paéro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apéro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apero1appéro1apréo2apéor2apérro1aépro2paéro2
Edit distance from "apéro"

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 "apéro"?
"apéro" is spelled A-P-É-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pe.ʁo\.
What does "apéro" mean?
As a noun, "apéro" means: Apéritif.
What words are commonly confused with "apéro"?
"apéro" is commonly confused with "APR", "apo", "apex". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apéro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apéro" is \a.pe.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apéro" come from?
"apéro" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bémol#13,335câlin#13,349devis#13,353think#13,280

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tuiles7 variantsstella7 variantsforge7 variantsrites7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list