Appius
The verdict
“Appius” is uncommon French (frequency #86,416 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,416
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’Appius.
Corpus desk
Index FR-appius · Appius · French
Appius · rank #86,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,416
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH appesantir
Nearest frequency peer: appesantir (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Appius »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- aperçurent
aperçurent
13,588 corpus weight
- aphtes
aphtes
13,587 corpus weight
- appesantir
appesantir
13,586 corpus weight
- Appius
Appius
13,585 corpus weight
- applaudisso…
applaudissons
13,584 corpus weight
- applicatifs
applicatifs
13,583 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Appius » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Appius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Appius » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Appius is uncommon French at frequency #86,416 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’Appius.".
Appius has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Appius, spelled A-P-P-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1D’Appius.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Appius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Appia aqua, l’eau Appia [amenée par Appius]
Appia via, voie Appienne [construite par Appius]
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.
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