appli

\a.pli\

/\a.pli\/ noun

The verdict

“appli” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,521
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom générique des objets qui servent à l’attelage des animaux de trait et de labourage, et à les attacher soit ensemble, soit dans les écuries, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appli · appli · French

appli · rank #7,521 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,521
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appartenait

Nearest frequency peer: appartenait (-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 « appli »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « appli » 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).

appli vs apps
60% similar
appli vs appui
80% similar
appli vs appris
67% similar

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

Key facts for appli
PropertyValue
Headwordappli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pli\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,521
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appli »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.applise 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 « appartenait » (#7,520), « approprié » (#7,522), « amical » (#7,519). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appli » est au #7,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around appli (IPA \a.pli\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,521 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom générique des objets qui servent à l’attelage des animaux de trait et de labourage, et à les attacher soit ensemble, soit dans les écuries, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for appli, with forms such as "apli", "aplpi", and "appil". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "apps", "appui", "appris", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is appli, spelled A-P-P-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom générique des objets qui servent à l’attelage des animaux de trait et de labourage, et à les attacher soit ensemble, soit dans les écuries, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le feu a consumé en peu d’instants trois grands corps de bâtiments et tout ce qu’ils contenaient : mobiliers, récoltes, fourrages, applis d’agriculture, etc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apli
  • aplpi
  • appil
  • applli
  • papli

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appli - 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.

apli1aplpi2appil2applli1papli2
Edit distance from "appli"

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 "appli"?
"appli" is spelled A-P-P-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pli\.
What does "appli" mean?
As a noun, "appli" means: Nom générique des objets qui servent à l’attelage des animaux de trait et de labourage, et à les attacher soit ensemble, soit dans les écuries, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "appli"?
"appli" is commonly confused with "apps", "appui", "appris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appli" is \a.pli\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appli" come from?
"appli" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list