appareil

\a.pa.ʁɛj\

/\a.pa.ʁɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“appareil” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,582 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#1,582
frequency rank, French
8
letters
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Objet complexe conçu par l’homme afin de faciliter un travail.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

appareil vs apparent
75% similar
appareil vs appareils
89% similar
appareil vs apparaît
63% similar

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

Key facts for appareil
PropertyValue
Headwordappareil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pa.ʁɛj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,582
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “appareil” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). appareil lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for appareil is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pa.ʁɛj\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,582 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for appareil, with forms such as "apapreil", "apareil", and "appaeril". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "apparent", "appareils", "apparaît", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is appareil, spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet complexe conçu par l’homme afin de faciliter un travail.
  2. 2
    Téléphone.
  3. 3
    Avion.
  4. 4
    Mélange de plusieurs ingrédients servant à la préparation d’un mets.
  5. 5
    Ensemble d’organes ayant une fonction particulière.
  6. 6
    Manière dont les personnes ou les choses se montrent aux autres. → voir dans le plus simple appareil
  7. 7
    Agencement et disposition des pierres dans un ouvrage de maçonnerie.
  8. 8
    Installation mobile posée au sol permettant de faire des exercices spécifiques (barres parallèles, cheval d’arçons, etc.) Les éléments suspendus sont appelés agrès.
  9. 9
    Apprêt, préparatif d'une manifestation empreinte de pompe, de solennité. Déploiement extérieur qui accompagne une telle manifestation.
  10. 10
    Responsables d’une organisation, d’un parti politique.
  11. 11
    Ensemble des fonctions qui régissent une organisation.
  12. 12
    Ensemble d’annotations et de commentaires qu’un éditeur annexe au texte original pour en faciliter la compréhension.

This word in other languages

gear(English)aparato(Español)Gerät(Deutsch)aparelho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apapreil,apareil,appaeril,appareill,appareli,appariel,apparreil,appraeil,papareil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appareil - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apapreil2apareil1appaeril2appareill1appareli2appariel2apparreil1appraeil2
Edit distance from "appareil"

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 "appareil"?
"appareil" is spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pa.ʁɛj\.
What does "appareil" mean?
As a noun, "appareil" means: Objet complexe conçu par l’homme afin de faciliter un travail.
What words are commonly confused with "appareil"?
"appareil" is commonly confused with "apparent", "appareils", "apparaît". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appareil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appareil" is \a.pa.ʁɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appareil" come from?
"appareil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “appareil”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-A-R-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.pa.ʁɛj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “apparent” - see the side-by-side comparison. appareil vs apparent
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list