APF

name

The verdict

“APF” is uncommon French (frequency #55,743 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,743
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de l’association française APF France handicap, consacrée aux personnes handicapées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apf · APF · French

APF · rank #55,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,743
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anémique

Nearest frequency peer: anémique (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « APF »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « APF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for APF
PropertyValue
HeadwordAPF
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,743
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « APF » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).APFtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « anémique » (#55,742), « APN » (#55,744), « Antwerpen » (#55,741). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « APF » est au #55,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

APF is uncommon French at frequency #55,743 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for APF, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 APF, spelled A-P-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom de l’association française APF France handicap, consacrée aux personnes handicapées.
  2. 2
    Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les structures représentées lors de cette matinée étaient les suivantes : Action pour le développement économique par la finance participative (ADEFIP) ; APF France Handicap (antenne Territoire Limousin) ; BGE Limoisin Poitou-Charentes (structure accompagnatrice de porteurs de projet) ; CRESS ; Negotium Procuration (gestion administrative d’entreprises) ;…
  2. L’Association APF France handicap est une association de défense des droits des personnes en situation de handicap et de leur famille.

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 "APF"?
"APF" is spelled A-P-F.
What does "APF" mean?
As a proper noun, "APF" means: Ancien nom de l’association française APF France handicap, consacrée aux personnes handicapées.
What language does "APF" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list