apostille
\a.pɔs.tij\
The verdict
“apostille” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Addition faite à la marge d’un écrit ou au bas d’une lettre
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apostille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɔs.tij\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apostille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for apostille is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pɔs.tij\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
apostille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 apostille, spelled A-P-O-S-T-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Addition faite à la marge d’un écrit ou au bas d’une lettre
- 2Recommandations que l'on écrit à la marge ou au bas d’un mémoire, d’une pétition, d'un manuscrit.
- 3Cachet officiel prouvant à destination d’une autorité étrangère qu’un autre cachet apposé sur un document a un caractère officiel.
- 4Instruction écrite d’enquête judiciaire envoyée par le parquet ou un juge d’instruction à la police (par exemple à un apostilleur) ou à un autre service d’enquête.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “apostille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-O-S-T-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pɔs.tij\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.