apical
\a.pi.kal\
The verdict
“apical” is uncommon French (frequency #80,868 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,868
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’apex.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apical · apical · French
apical · rank #80,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,868
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH apathiques
Nearest frequency peer: apathiques (-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 « apical »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- antiennes
antiennes
19,136 corpus weight
- antonyme
antonyme
19,135 corpus weight
- apathiques
apathiques
19,134 corpus weight
- apical
apical
19,133 corpus weight
- apparatchik
apparatchik
19,132 corpus weight
- appelleraie…
appelleraient
19,131 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « apical » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apical |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pi.kal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apical » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apical is uncommon French at frequency #80,868 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pi.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apical, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is apical, spelled A-P-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif à l’apex.
- 2Qui appartient au sommet.
- 3Se dit d'une consonne dont l'articulation se fait par application de l'apex (pointe) de la langue contre les dents (dentale), contre les alvéoles (alvéolaire), ou contre le haut et l'arrière de la bouche (rétroflexe).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le type annellé s’oppose au précédent; il est dépourvu de nasse, mais possède (du moins en principe, car une évolution régressive les a souvent rudimentarisés ou supprimés) un ou plusieurs anneaux apicaux ; on les voit distincts ou soudés, et ils sont amyloïdes ou non.
[L'infirmière]^([sic]) n'a pas pu trouver le pouls apical de la résidente no 1 à l'aide de son stéthoscope.
This word in other languages
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.
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