apprend

\a.pʁɑ̃\

/\a.pʁɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“apprend” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,350
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-apprend · apprend · French

apprend · rank #2,350 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,350
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH étrangères

Nearest frequency peer: étrangères (-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 « apprend »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apprend » 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).

apprend vs apprends
88% similar
apprend vs apprenez
75% similar
apprend vs apprenti
75% similar

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

Key facts for apprend
PropertyValue
Headwordapprend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pʁɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,350
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apprend »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).apprendse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « étrangères » (#2,349), « archives » (#2,351), « vrais » (#2,348). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apprend » est au #2,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around apprend (IPA \a.pʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,350 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apprendre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for apprend, with forms such as "appernd", "appredn", and "apprendd". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "apprends", "apprenez", "apprenti", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is apprend, spelled A-P-P-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apprendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ensuite, Yonnie descend à son tout et quelques instants après le tcheuf-tcheuf d’un moteur m’apprend qu’ils regagnent l’embarcadère.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • appernd
  • appredn
  • apprendd
  • apprennd
  • apprned
  • apprrend
  • aprend
  • aprpend
  • paprend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

appernd2appredn2apprendd1apprennd1apprned2apprrend1aprend1aprpend2
Edit distance from "apprend"

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 "apprend"?
"apprend" is spelled A-P-P-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɑ̃\.
What does "apprend" mean?
As a verb, "apprend" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apprendre.
What words are commonly confused with "apprend"?
"apprend" is commonly confused with "apprends", "apprenez", "apprenti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apprend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apprend" is \a.pʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apprend" come from?
"apprend" 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 "apprend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list