apte
\apt\
The verdict
“apte” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,518) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,518
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est propre à quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apte · apte · French
apte · rank #12,518 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,518
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH appropriée
Nearest frequency peer: appropriée (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “apte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- antécédents
antécédents
87,486 corpus weight
- approfondie
approfondie
87,485 corpus weight
- appropriée
appropriée
87,484 corpus weight
- apte
apte
87,483 corpus weight
- arcs
arcs
87,482 corpus weight
- assassins
assassins
87,481 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “apte” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \apt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apte” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for apte is neighbouring look-alikes ("at", "Art", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \apt\. Frequency #12,518 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for apte, with forms such as "apet", "appte", and "atpe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "Art", "axe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is apte, spelled A-P-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est propre à quelque chose.
- 2Qui a les qualités requises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le pays de production ou d’élève, tout le monde est à peu près apte à choisir un cheval.
Il s'agissait de conférences et de parlottes défaitistes, au cours desquelles il était donné lecture de fragments de séances parlementaires en comité secret, considérés comme aptes à démoraliser les auditeurs, et aussi de tracts et de brochures progermaniques.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apet
- appte
- atpe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "apte" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "at". View pair
- 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,518 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.