Which to use
“apel” is a noun and “après” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,710
- “apel” frequency rank
- #42,342
- “après” frequency rank
- 91052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apel | après |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums | Relation, bei der das mitnach nach |
Letter map: apel vs après
Shared letters muted; letters that set apel and après apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. apel runs 4 letters (VCVC) against après's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for apel / après
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apel is anoun and aprèsapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apel is recorded at frequency rank #48,710, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. après is at rank #42,342, tagged as aprep, pronounced [a.pʁɛ].
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 91052, this pair ranks #41,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apel vs après
Shared letters: ap. Private to "apel": el. Private to "après": rsè.
"apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "après" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apel ← aepl · pael
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apel" and "après" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apel" or "après"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "apel" and "après".
- Full dictionary entry for "apel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "après" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apel" and "après" 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 #41,257 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.