apore
\a.pɔʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apore » en français
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
- 1Problème difficile à résoudre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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 ?
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…
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.