app

noun

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The verdict

“app” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,695 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#4,695
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aplicativo, aplicação

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

app vs As
0% similar
app vs ar
33% similar
app vs at
33% similar

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

Key facts for app
PropertyValue
Headwordapp
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#4,695
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “app” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). app lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for app is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #4,695 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aplicativo, aplicação".

No generated misspelling entries exist for app in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ar", "at", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is app, spelled A-P-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    aplicativo, aplicação

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "app"?
"app" is spelled A-P-P.
What does "app" mean?
As a noun, "app" means: aplicativo, aplicação
What words are commonly confused with "app"?
"app" is commonly confused with "As", "ar", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "app" come from?
"app" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “app”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “As” - see the side-by-side comparison. app vs As
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list