agilvsAriTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#42,992
“agil” frequency rank
#25,444
“Ari” frequency rank
68436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agil Ari
Definition große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend männlicher Vorname

Where the eye mixes agil and Ari

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
agil
3 ch
Ari

Visual trap between agil and Ari

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agil is [aˈɡiːl] while Ari is [ˈaːʁi]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68436, 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]. Ari is at rank #25,444, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈaːʁi].

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 68436, this pair ranks #507,836 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agil vs Ari

Shared letters: ai. Private to "agil": gl. Private to "Ari": r.

"agil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Ari" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agilaggil · agill · agli · aigl

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agil" and "Ari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agil" is an adjective and "Ari" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "agil" or "Ari" show up more?
"Ari" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,444 in our German list, against #42,992 for "agil". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #507,836 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agil" and "Ari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agil vs avis". 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 #507,836 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