---
id: "applied-for-string"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "applied-for string"
language: "en"
category: "TLD types and programs"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/applied-for-string/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/cadena-caracteres-solicitada/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/beantragte-zeichenfolge/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/chaine-caracteres-demandee/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/stringa-richiesta/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/string-solicitada/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/zaprashivaemaya-stroka/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/suo-shenqing-zifuchuan/"
---

# applied-for string

The exact set of characters that an applicant asks ICANN to add as a new top-level domain, such as the letters in .music. ICANN checks each string against technical rules, reserved names and other strings before it can go ahead.

## related terms

- [applicant](https://tldlog.com/glossary/applicant/)
- [string contention](https://tldlog.com/glossary/string-contention/)
- [string similarity evaluation](https://tldlog.com/glossary/string-similarity-evaluation/)
- [replacement string](https://tldlog.com/glossary/replacement-string/)
- [TLD](https://tldlog.com/glossary/tld/)