apparat

\a.pa.ʁa\

/\a.pa.ʁa\/ noun

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The verdict

“apparat” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,820
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faste, éclat, pompe solennelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apparat · apparat · French

apparat · rank #31,820 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,820
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH antivirus

Nearest frequency peer: antivirus (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « apparat »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « apparat » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apparat vs appât
57% similar
apparat vs appart
86% similar
apparat vs apport
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for apparat
PropertyValue
Headwordapparat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pa.ʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,820
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apparat »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.apparatse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « antivirus » (#31,819), « appareillage » (#31,821), « arabique » (#31,822). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apparat » est au #31,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around apparat (IPA \a.pa.ʁa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,820 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for apparat, with forms such as "apaprat", "aparat", and "appaart". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "appât", "appart", "apport", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is apparat, spelled A-P-P-A-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faste, éclat, pompe solennelle.
  2. 2
    Ostentation.
  3. 3
    Synonyme de appareil.
  4. 4
    (Apparat - ou appareil - critique) Dans l'édition savante d'un ouvrage, relevé des variantes fournies par les manuscrits et les éditions antérieures, ainsi que des corrections conjecturales.
  5. 5
    Livre rédigé en forme de dictionnaire ou de catalogue propre à faciliter l'étude d'une langue, d'une science, d'un auteur classique etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au lieu de combattre, elles allaient donc en être réduites à fournir des escortes d’apparat et à faire la haie ! C'est un véritable désenchantement.
  2. Cause d’apparat.

Synonyms

pompe

This word in other languages

pomp(English)aparato(Español)Glanz(Deutsch)aparato(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apaprat
  • aparat
  • appaart
  • apparatt
  • apparrat
  • apparta
  • appraat
  • paparat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apparat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apaprat2aparat1appaart2apparatt1apparrat1apparta2appraat2paparat2
Edit distance from "apparat"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apparat"?
"apparat" is spelled A-P-P-A-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pa.ʁa\.
What does "apparat" mean?
As a noun, "apparat" means: Faste, éclat, pompe solennelle.
What words are commonly confused with "apparat"?
"apparat" is commonly confused with "appât", "appart", "apport". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apparat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apparat" is \a.pa.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apparat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apparat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aimerez#31,811agrippa#31,809attelle#31,831banales#31,837

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

alouette8 variantsbanana8 variantsBarth8 variantsbossait8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list