Which to use
“agil” is an adjective and “apis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,992
- “agil” frequency rank
- #44,445
- “apis” frequency rank
- 87437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agil | apis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend | Biene |
Letter map: agil vs apis
Shared letters muted; letters that set agil and apis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. agil and apis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for agil / apis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agil is anadjective and apisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87437, 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]. apis is at rank #44,445, 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 87437, this pair ranks #80,432 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agil vs apis
Shared letters: ai. Private to "agil": gl. Private to "apis": ps.
"agil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "apis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "agil" and "apis". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "agil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,432 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agil" and "apis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apis 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 #80,432 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.