Which to use
“apel” is a noun and “are” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,710
- “apel” frequency rank
- #4,019
- “are” frequency rank
- 52729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apel | are |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums | 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs be |
Letter map: apel vs are
Shared letters muted; letters that set apel and are apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for apel / are
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apel is anoun and areaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apel is recorded at frequency rank #48,710, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. are is at rank #4,019, tagged as averb, pronounced [ə].
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 52729, this pair ranks #1,085,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apel vs are
Shared letters: ae. Private to "apel": lp. Private to "are": r.
"apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "are" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- apel ← aepl · pael
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "apel" vs "are" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "apel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "are" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,085,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apel" and "are" 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 #1,085,546 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.