apel vs apis, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“apel” and “apis” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,710
“apel” frequency rank: #44,445
“apis” frequency rank: 93155
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	apel	apis
Definition	Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums	Biene

Letter map: apel vs apis

Shared letters muted; letters that set apel and apis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

apel

4 ch

apis

Spelling & dictionary notes on apel vs apis

apel and apis are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apel is recorded at frequency rank #48,710, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. 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 93155, this pair ranks #24,758 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apel vs apis

Shared letters: ap. Private to "apel": el. Private to "apis": is.

"apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "apis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

apel ← aepl · pael
apis ← aips · apiss · appis · apsi · pais

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apel" for "apis" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "apel" vs "apis" - which ranks higher?

"apis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,445 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "apel" and "apis".

Full dictionary entry for "apel" 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 #24,758 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"apel" and "apis" 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 #24,758 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.