apprises

/\a.pʁiz\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,810

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

apprises is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de appris. Pronounced \a.pʁiz\. Often confused with appuies and appris.

Key facts for apprises
PropertyValue
Headwordapprises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\a.pʁiz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,810
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for apprises is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,810 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de appris.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for apprises, with forms such as "appirses", "appriess", and "apprisess". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "appuies", "appris", "apprise", 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 apprises, spelled A-P-P-R-I-S-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de appris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: appirses,appriess,apprisess,apprisses,apprrises,apprsies,aprises,aprpises,paprises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apprises

Misspelling Variants of "apprises"

appirses8appriess8apprisess9apprisses9apprrises9apprsies8aprises7aprpises8
Misspelling Variants of "apprises"

Frequency rank: #35,810 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apprises"?
"apprises" is spelled A-P-P-R-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁiz\.
What does "apprises" mean?
As an adj, "apprises" means: Féminin pluriel de appris.
What words are commonly confused with "apprises"?
"apprises" is commonly confused with "appuies", "appris", "apprise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apprises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apprises" is \a.pʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apprises" come from?
"apprises" 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.