apologies
\a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“apologies” is uncommon French (frequency #90,401 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,401
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de apologie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apologies · apologies · French
apologies · rank #90,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,401
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH antirides
Nearest frequency peer: antirides (-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 « apologies »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- antiaériens
antiaériens
9,603 corpus weight
- anticolonia…
anticolonialiste
9,602 corpus weight
- antirides
antirides
9,601 corpus weight
- apologies
apologies
9,600 corpus weight
- applause
applause
9,599 corpus weight
- apporterez
apporterez
9,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « apologies » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apologies |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apologies » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apologies is uncommon French at frequency #90,401 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de apologie.".
No misspelling variants are generated for apologies in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is apologies, spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de apologie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how apologies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi donc apologies et justifications scandaleuses du mal ; plaidoyers impudents et réhabilitations insolentes ; compromissions honteuses ; revendication du droit de mourir ; fatalité prétendue des passions ; analyse cynique de corruptions savantes ; complaisante description et glorification même des abaissements, des défaillances et des turpitudes de to…
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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