apocryphe
\a.pɔ.kʁif\
The verdict
“apocryphe” is uncommon French (frequency #50,061 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,061
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’Église ne tient pas pour canonique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apocryphe · apocryphe · French
apocryphe · rank #50,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,061
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH apparts
Nearest frequency peer: apparts (+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 « apocryphe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Annabel
Annabel
49,943 corpus weight
- anode
anode
49,942 corpus weight
- apocryphe
apocryphe
49,940 corpus weight
- apparts
apparts
49,939 corpus weight
- argan
argan
49,938 corpus weight
- artistiquem…
artistiquement
49,937 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « apocryphe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apocryphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pɔ.kʁif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apocryphe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apocryphe is uncommon French at frequency #50,061 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔ.kʁif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
apocryphe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is apocryphe, spelled A-P-O-C-R-Y-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Que l’Église ne tient pas pour canonique.
- 2Qualifie des écrits dont l’autorité est suspecte, des livres, des histoires dont l’authenticité n’est pas établie.
- 3Qualifie une information, une nouvelle dont on doute, à laquelle on ne peut guère ajouter foi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apocryphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les troisième et quatrième livres d’Esdras sont apocryphes.
De la part de l’Église catholique, avouer que Daniel est un apocryphe du temps des Macchabées serait avouer qu’elle s’est trompée ; si elle s’est trompée en cela, elle a pu se tromper en autre chose ; elle n’est plus divinement inspirée.
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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