apnée

/\ap.ne\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,318

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

apnée is aFrenchnoun. It means: Absence, suspension volontaire de la respiration. Pronounced \ap.ne\. Often confused with apte and axée.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apnée in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for apnée is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ap.ne\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,318 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for apnée, with forms such as "anpée", "apnee", and "apneé". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is apnée, spelled A-P-N-É-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anpée,apnee,apneé,apnnée,appnée,apéne,panée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apnée

Misspelling Variants of "apnée"

anpée5apnee5apneé5apnnée6appnée6apéne5panée5
Misspelling Variants of "apnée"

Frequency rank: #27,318 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.