Apollo

/\a.pɔ.lo\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,068

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Apollo is aFrenchname. It means: Série de missions aérospatiales qui a permis aux États-Unis d’envoyer pour la première fois des hommes sur la Lune. Pronounced \a.pɔ.lo\. Often confused with atoll and Apollon.

Key facts for Apollo
PropertyValue
HeadwordApollo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\a.pɔ.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,068
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Apollo is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pɔ.lo\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,068 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Apollo, with forms such as "aopllo", "aplolo", and "apolol". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "atoll", "Apollon", "allô", 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 Apollo, spelled A-P-O-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Série de missions aérospatiales qui a permis aux États-Unis d’envoyer pour la première fois des hommes sur la Lune.
  2. 2
    Noms des engins spatiaux utilisés pour ces missions.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aopllo,aplolo,apolol,appollo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Apollo

Misspelling Variants of "Apollo"

aopllo6aplolo6apolol6appollo7
Misspelling Variants of "Apollo"

Frequency rank: #17,068 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Apollo"?
"Apollo" is spelled A-P-O-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔ.lo\.
What does "Apollo" mean?
As a name, "Apollo" means: Série de missions aérospatiales qui a permis aux États-Unis d’envoyer pour la première fois des hommes sur la Lune.
What words are commonly confused with "Apollo"?
"Apollo" is commonly confused with "atoll", "Apollon", "allô". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Apollo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apollo" is \a.pɔ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apollo" come from?
"Apollo" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.