apnée

\ap.ne\

/\ap.ne\/ noun

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The verdict

“apnée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,318
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absence, suspension volontaire de la respiration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apnee · apnée · French

apnée · rank #27,318 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,318
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ani

Nearest frequency peer: ani (-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 « apnée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apnée » 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).

apnée vs apte
60% similar
apnée vs axée
60% similar
apnée vs aune
60% similar

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

Key facts for apnée
PropertyValue
Headwordapnée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ap.ne\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,318
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apnée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.apnéese 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 « ani » (#27,317), « arides » (#27,319), « aménagées » (#27,316). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apnée » est au #27,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around apnée (IPA \ap.ne\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,318 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for apnée, with forms such as "anpée", "apnee", and "apneé". 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, "apte", "axée", "aune", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is apnée, spelled A-P-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absence, suspension volontaire de la respiration.
  2. 2
    Défaut de respiration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était Susanna qui avait posé la question, et tout le monde s’arrêta de respirer l’espace d’une longue plongée en apnée. Puis Marius revint à la surface en pataugeant : — Tu es folle Susanna ? C’est de mon Elize que tu parles !
  2. De nos jours, ces obstacles ont été levés grâce à la création des quatre pièces de base de l’équipement servant à l’immersion en apnée: le masque, les palmes, le tuba et la combinaison de plongeur.

This word in other languages

apnea(English)apnea(Español)Schnorcheln(Deutsch)apneia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anpée
  • apnee
  • apneé
  • apnnée
  • appnée
  • apéne
  • panée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apnée - 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.

anpée2apnee1apneé2apnnée1appnée1apéne2panée2
Edit distance from "apnée"

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 "apnée"?
"apnée" is spelled A-P-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.ne\.
What does "apnée" mean?
As a noun, "apnée" means: Absence, suspension volontaire de la respiration.
What words are commonly confused with "apnée"?
"apnée" is commonly confused with "apte", "axée", "aune". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apnée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apnée" is \ap.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apnée" come from?
"apnée" 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 "apnée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

aïeux#27,331words#27,294bonds#27,343volte#27,292

Similar misspelling depth

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

arides7 variantsbruni7 variantsbutton7 variantsCassel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list