apore

\a.pɔʁ\

/\a.pɔʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“apore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Problème difficile à résoudre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apore · apore · French

apore · 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.

Key facts for apore
PropertyValue
Headwordapore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pɔʁ\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apore » en français

aporereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Problème difficile à résoudre.".

apore has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is apore, spelled A-P-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Problème difficile à résoudre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Qui, même non mathématicien, ne soupçonnerait que l’accumulation d’une telle quantité de conditions aussi draconiennes conduit à peu près immanquablement à un apore de la plus belle espèce ?
  2. À ces mots, la foule des curieux, que la renommée des deux plaideurs avait attirés à l’audience, se récrièrent d’admiration, et les juges, n’osant pas résoudre une question qui leur présentait un véritable apore, prononcèrent pour toute sentence, Καϰου Κόραϰoς Καϰo҆n ῶoν, de mauvais corbeau, mauvais œuf, par allusion au nom de Corax qui, en grec, veut dir…

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apore"?
"apore" is spelled A-P-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔʁ\.
What does "apore" mean?
As a noun, "apore" means: Problème difficile à résoudre.
How do you pronounce "apore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apore" is \a.pɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apore" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list