apostille
\a.pɔs.tij\
The verdict
“apostille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Addition faite à la marge d’un écrit ou au bas d’une lettre
Corpus desk
Index FR-apostille · apostille · French
apostille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | apostille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɔs.tij\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apostille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apostille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɔs.tij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apostille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait deux lignes en apostille.
Après sa lettre écrite, il manda cette nouvelle par apostille.
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.