apprendre

/\a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#956

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

apprendre is aFrenchverb. It means: Acquérir une connaissance ou un savoir-faire. Pronounced \a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. It ranks #956 in French word frequency. Often confused with apprends and apprenne.

Key facts for apprendre
PropertyValue
Headwordapprendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#956
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for apprendre is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #956 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for apprendre, with forms such as "apperndre", "apprednre", and "apprenddre". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "apprends", "apprenne", "apprentie", 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 apprendre, spelled A-P-P-R-E-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acquérir une connaissance ou un savoir-faire.
  2. 2
    Contracter une disposition ou une habitude.
  3. 3
    Connaître par une information.
  4. 4
    Retenir dans sa mémoire.
  5. 5
    Enseigner, donner quelque connaissance à une personne, faire savoir.
  6. 6
    Éduquer par la menace.
  7. 7
    Donner une leçon ; tenir lieu de punition.
  8. 8
    Développer ses connaissances.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apperndre,apprednre,apprenddre,apprender,apprendrre,apprenndre,apprenrde,apprnedre,apprrendre,aprendre,aprpendre,paprendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apprendre

Misspelling Variants of "apprendre"

apperndre9apprednre9apprenddre10apprender9apprendrre10apprenndre10apprenrde9apprnedre9
Misspelling Variants of "apprendre"

Frequency rank: #956 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apprendre"?
"apprendre" is spelled A-P-P-R-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "apprendre" mean?
As a verb, "apprendre" means: Acquérir une connaissance ou un savoir-faire.
What words are commonly confused with "apprendre"?
"apprendre" is commonly confused with "apprends", "apprenne", "apprentie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apprendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apprendre" is \a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apprendre" come from?
"apprendre" 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.