apode
\a.pɔd\
The verdict
“apode” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a pas de pieds, sans patte. L’épithète est parfois appliquée à l’hirondelle ou au martinet noir dont les pattes sont peu visibles (voir étymologie).
Corpus desk
Index FR-apode · apode · French
apode · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pɔd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
apode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apode, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is apode, spelled A-P-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’a pas de pieds, sans patte. L’épithète est parfois appliquée à l’hirondelle ou au martinet noir dont les pattes sont peu visibles (voir étymologie).
- 2Qui est sans nageoires ventrales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'orvet est un lézard apode.
Les poissons apodes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.