appoint

\a.pwɛ̃\

/\a.pwɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“appoint” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,921
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complément d’une somme en petite monnaie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appoint · appoint · French

appoint · rank #20,921 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,921
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apparues

Nearest frequency peer: apparues (-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 « appoint »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « appoint » 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).

appoint vs apport
71% similar
appoint vs apprit
71% similar
appoint vs appuient
75% similar

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

Key facts for appoint
PropertyValue
Headwordappoint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pwɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,921
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appoint »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.appointse 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 « apparues » (#20,920), « architecturale » (#20,922), « artificielles » (#20,923). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appoint » est au #20,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around appoint (IPA \a.pwɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,921 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 appoint, with forms such as "apoint", "apopint", and "appiont". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "apport", "apprit", "appuient", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is appoint, spelled A-P-P-O-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Complément d’une somme en petite monnaie.
  2. 2
    Somme qui sert à solder un compte commercial.
  3. 3
    Appui complémentaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour faire mille douze francs, il faut un billet de mille francs et un appoint de douze francs.
  2. Voilà cent pièces de deux francs, je vais faire l’appoint.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apoint
  • apopint
  • appiont
  • appoinnt
  • appointt
  • appoitn
  • apponit
  • papoint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apoint1apopint2appiont2appoinnt1appointt1appoitn2apponit2papoint2
Edit distance from "appoint"

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 "appoint"?
"appoint" is spelled A-P-P-O-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pwɛ̃\.
What does "appoint" mean?
As a noun, "appoint" means: Complément d’une somme en petite monnaie.
What words are commonly confused with "appoint"?
"appoint" is commonly confused with "apport", "apprit", "appuient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appoint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appoint" is \a.pwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appoint" come from?
"appoint" 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 "appoint", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Auteuil#20,928avenues#20,931Abitibi#20,906brûlées#20,942

Similar misspelling depth

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

anders8 variantsbasile8 variantsérigée8 variantsByron8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list