appréhendait

\a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ\

/\a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“appréhendait” is uncommon French (frequency #90,405 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,405
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe appréhender.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apprehendait · appréhendait · French

appréhendait · rank #90,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,405
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH approuvaient

Nearest frequency peer: approuvaient (-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 « appréhendait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « appréhendait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for appréhendait
PropertyValue
Headwordappréhendait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#90,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « appréhendait » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).appréhendaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « approuvaient » (#90,404), « apprêté » (#90,406), « apporterez » (#90,403). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appréhendait » est au #90,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

appréhendait is uncommon French at frequency #90,405 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe appréhender.".

appréhendait doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is appréhendait, spelled A-P-P-R-É-H-E-N-D-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe appréhender.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle appréhendait le retour du Pahouin, quand, soudain, il lui sembla reconnaître un morceau du vêtement du sorcier coincé entre deux des pierres du plafond.

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 "appréhendait"?
"appréhendait" is spelled A-P-P-R-É-H-E-N-D-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ\.
What does "appréhendait" mean?
As a verb, "appréhendait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe appréhender.
How do you pronounce "appréhendait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appréhendait" is \a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appréhendait" come from?
"appréhendait" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

approuvaient#90,404arthroscopie#90,419Aigrefeuille#90,379automotrices#90,434

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list