apparus

\a.pa.ʁy\

/\a.pa.ʁy\/ verb

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The verdict

“apparus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,063
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin pluriel de apparaître (ou apparaitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-apparus · apparus · French

apparus · rank #16,063 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,063
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Apollon

Nearest frequency peer: Apollon (-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 « apparus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apparus » 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).

apparus vs appris
71% similar
apparus vs appâts
57% similar
apparus vs apports
71% similar

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

Key facts for apparus
PropertyValue
Headwordapparus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pa.ʁy\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,063
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apparus »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Apollon » (#16,062), « apportez » (#16,064), « apartheid » (#16,061). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apparus » est au #16,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around apparus (IPA \a.pa.ʁy\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,063 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for apparus, with forms such as "apaprus", "aparus", and "apparrus". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "appris", "appâts", "apports", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is apparus, spelled A-P-P-A-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de apparaître (ou apparaitre).
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple de apparaître (ou apparaitre).
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de apparaître (ou apparaitre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces traitements taxonomiques ont créé la confusion quant à la délimitation de ces taxons et des doutes sont apparus sur la valeur taxonomique du taxon de Montagne, aujourd’hui souvent placé parmi les taxa inquirenda dans les inventaires et les flores.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apaprus
  • aparus
  • apparrus
  • apparsu
  • apparuss
  • appaurs
  • appraus
  • paparus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apparus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apaprus2aparus1apparrus1apparsu2apparuss1appaurs2appraus2paparus2
Edit distance from "apparus"

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 "apparus"?
"apparus" is spelled A-P-P-A-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pa.ʁy\.
What does "apparus" mean?
As a verb, "apparus" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de apparaître (ou apparaitre).
What words are commonly confused with "apparus"?
"apparus" is commonly confused with "appris", "appâts", "apports". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apparus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apparus" is \a.pa.ʁy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apparus" come from?
"apparus" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Apollon#16,062amusent#16,058amiante#16,057alliage#16,055

Similar misspelling depth

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

Auchan8 variantsbagues8 variantsBamako8 variantsadmise8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list