apologie

\a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“apologie” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,099
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paroles ou écrits destinés à justifier ou à défendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apologie · apologie · French

apologie · rank #12,099 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,099
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anticiper

Nearest frequency peer: anticiper (-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 « apologie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apologie » 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).

apologie vs analogie
75% similar

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

Key facts for apologie
PropertyValue
Headwordapologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,099
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apologie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).apologiese 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 « anticiper » (#12,098), « appelons » (#12,100), « Annecy » (#12,097). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apologie » est au #12,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around apologie (IPA \a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,099 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Paroles ou écrits destinés à justifier ou à défendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for apologie, with forms such as "aoplogie", "aploogie", and "apolgoie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "analogie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is apologie, spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paroles ou écrits destinés à justifier ou à défendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mme Surville n’a laissé sur son frère que quelques pages insignifiantes, une apologie froide, banale, où nous n'avons pas une seule note à prendre, pas un seul document à retenir.
  2. Quelques jours plus tard, en réponse à une longue apologie du célibat et de la chasteté due à la plume de notre « Sphinx ariégeois » de plus en plus dégoûté de la vie, je répliquais : Toute femme est faite pour rivancher comme dit l'argot des barrières, et ensuite pour reproduire.

Synonyms

dithyrambeélogelouangepanégyriquedéfenseeulogieglorificationjustification

This word in other languages

apologia(English)apología(Español)Apologie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aoplogie
  • aploogie
  • apolgoie
  • apollogie
  • apologei
  • apologgie
  • apoloige
  • apoolgie
  • appologie
  • paologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apologie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aoplogie2aploogie2apolgoie2apollogie1apologei2apologgie1apoloige2apoolgie2
Edit distance from "apologie"

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 "apologie"?
"apologie" is spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "apologie" mean?
As a noun, "apologie" means: Paroles ou écrits destinés à justifier ou à défendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "apologie"?
"apologie" is commonly confused with "analogie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apologie" is \a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apologie" come from?
"apologie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appelons#12,100arrêtera#12,103attaquée#12,105attirent#12,106

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Accessoire10 variantsvecteur10 variantsbâtons10 variantscascade10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list