apple

/\ˈæp.əl\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,657

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

apple is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pomme, fruit du pommier (Malus domestica). Pronounced \ˈæp.əl\. It ranks #2,657 in French word frequency. Often confused with apte and apps.

Key facts for apple
PropertyValue
Headwordapple
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈæp.əl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,657
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apple in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for apple is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈæp.əl\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,657 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for apple, with forms such as "aple", "aplpe", and "applle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "apte", "apps", "âpre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is apple, spelled A-P-P-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pomme, fruit du pommier (Malus domestica).
  2. 2
    Tout autre fruit qui ressemble à une pomme.
  3. 3
    Qui ressemble à une pomme.
  4. 4
    Qui ressemble à une pomme.
  5. 5
    Qui ressemble à une pomme.
  6. 6
    Pommier (Malus domestica), ou un autre arbre du genre Malus.
  7. 7
    Un amérindien ou personne à la peau rouge qui agit ou pense comme une personne blanche (caucasienne).

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aple,aplpe,applle,paple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apple

Misspelling Variants of "apple"

aple4aplpe5applle6paple5
Misspelling Variants of "apple"

Frequency rank: #2,657 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apple"?
"apple" is spelled A-P-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈæp.əl\.
What does "apple" mean?
As a noun, "apple" means: Pomme, fruit du pommier (Malus domestica).
What words are commonly confused with "apple"?
"apple" is commonly confused with "apte", "apps", "âpre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apple" is \ˈæp.əl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apple" come from?
"apple" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.