apogée

\a.pɔ.ʒe\

/\a.pɔ.ʒe\/ noun

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The verdict

“apogée” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,087
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur une orbite ayant pour foyer la Terre, le point le plus éloigné de celle-ci ; autrement dit, l’apoapside d’une orbite géocentrique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apogee · apogée · French

apogée · rank #15,087 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,087
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Angoulême

Nearest frequency peer: Angoulême (-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 « apogée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apogée » 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).

apogée vs apôtre
50% similar
apogée vs avouée
67% similar
apogée vs apposée
71% similar

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

Key facts for apogée
PropertyValue
Headwordapogée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pɔ.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,087
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apogée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).apogéese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Angoulême » (#15,086), « anesthésie » (#15,085), « Aragon » (#15,089). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apogée » est au #15,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around apogée (IPA \a.pɔ.ʒe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,087 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for apogée, with forms such as "aopgée", "apgoée", and "apogee". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "apôtre", "avouée", "apposée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 apogée, spelled A-P-O-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sur une orbite ayant pour foyer la Terre, le point le plus éloigné de celle-ci ; autrement dit, l’apoapside d’une orbite géocentrique.
  2. 2
    Le plus haut point où une chose puisse arriver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Lune arrive à l’apogée de son orbite autour de la Terre. La Lune arrive à son apogée.
  2. La viticulture auvergnate fut à son apogée vers le milieu du XIXᵉ siècle. […] Les bateaux qui descendaient l’Allier emportaient des vins d'Auvergne jusqu'à Paris […]

Antonyms

périgée

This word in other languages

apogee(English)apogeo(Español)Apogäum(Deutsch)apogeu(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aopgée
  • apgoée
  • apogee
  • apogeé
  • apoggée
  • apoége
  • appogée
  • paogée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aopgée2apgoée2apogee1apogeé2apoggée1apoége2appogée1paogée2
Edit distance from "apogée"

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 "apogée"?
"apogée" is spelled A-P-O-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔ.ʒe\.
What does "apogée" mean?
As a noun, "apogée" means: Sur une orbite ayant pour foyer la Terre, le point le plus éloigné de celle-ci ; autrement dit, l’apoapside d’une orbite géocentrique.
What words are commonly confused with "apogée"?
"apogée" is commonly confused with "apôtre", "avouée", "apposée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apogée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apogée" is \a.pɔ.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apogée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apogée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aragon#15,089alliée#15,083avérer#15,095barque#15,097

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

abolir8 variantsbattait8 variantsWallace8 variantsdissous8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list