apex

\a.pɛks\

/\a.pɛks\/ noun

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The verdict

“apex” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,445
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrémité d’un organe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apex · apex · French

apex · rank #28,445 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,445
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apporterait

Nearest frequency peer: apporterait (+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 « apex »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apex » 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).

apex vs ax
50% similar
apex vs aux
50% similar
apex vs axe
50% similar

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

Key facts for apex
PropertyValue
Headwordapex
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pɛks\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,445
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apex »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.apexse 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 « apporterait » (#28,446), « amplification » (#28,443), « approchée » (#28,447). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apex » est au #28,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around apex (IPA \a.pɛks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,445 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for apex, with forms such as "aepx", "apexx", and "appex". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ax", "aux", "axe", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is apex, spelled A-P-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrémité d’un organe.
  2. 2
    Extrémité d’une racine ou d’une tige.
  3. 3
    Sans autre précision, désigne l'angle antéro-distal de l'aile antérieure des lépidoptères, entre la costa et le termen.
  4. 4
    Extrémité d’une racine dentaire.
  5. 5
    Empattement supérieur d’une lettre ou élément prolongeant une lettre à son sommet.
  6. 6
    Diacritique de l’alphabet latin ressemblant à un accent aigu et utilisé pour signaler des voyelles longues.
  7. 7
    Point imaginaire du ciel vers lequel se déplace notre système solaire dans son mouvement au sein de la Galaxie.
  8. 8
    Sommet d'un cône ou d'une pyramide qui n'est pas dans le plan de la base.
  9. 9
    Sommet d’une hiérarchie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelques centaines de mézails, de gorgerins sombres, noirs, soudainement lumineux, rouges par endroits, à l'apex, pour une vingtaine de garces en cuivres.
  2. Les feuilles [du tilleul], qui mesurent quatre centimètres sur sept, sont caduques, en forme de cœur, avec un apex pointu ; elles sont dentelées mais lisses à la base, avec des nervures bien marquées, d'un vert intense, plus claires et couvertes d'un léger duvet au revers.

Synonyms

obit

Antonyms

antapex

This word in other languages

apex(English)ápice(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aepx
  • apexx
  • appex
  • apxe
  • paex

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apex - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aepx2apexx1appex1apxe2paex2
Edit distance from "apex"

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 "apex"?
"apex" is spelled A-P-E-X. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɛks\.
What does "apex" mean?
As a noun, "apex" means: Extrémité d’un organe.
What words are commonly confused with "apex"?
"apex" is commonly confused with "ax", "aux", "axe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apex"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apex" is \a.pɛks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apex" come from?
"apex" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aron#28,448acre#28,433BDSM#28,458bean#28,459

Similar misspelling depth

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

étau5 variantscast5 variantsWolff5 variantsuniv5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list