agilvsapelWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agil is a adjective, apel is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agil” is an adjective and “apel” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,992
“agil” frequency rank
#48,710
“apel” frequency rank
91702
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agil apel
Definition große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums

Letter map: agil vs apel

Shared letters muted; letters that set agil and apel apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. agil and apel follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
agil
4 ch
apel

Grammar separator: agil vs apel

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agil is anadjective and apelanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agil is recorded at frequency rank #42,992, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈɡiːl]. apel is at rank #48,710, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 91702, this pair ranks #35,706 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agil vs apel

Shared letters: al. Private to "agil": gi. Private to "apel": ep.

"agil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agil ← aggil · agill · agli · aigl
  • apel ← aepl · pael

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agil" for "apel" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agil" is an adjective and "apel" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agil" vs "apel" - which ranks higher?
"agil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,992 in our German list, against #48,710 for "apel". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "agil" vs "apel" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,706 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agil" and "apel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apel vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #35,706 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list