# apel vs are

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### apel
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #48,710*
Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums

### are
*verb · IPA [ə] · frequency rank #4,019*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs be

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/apel-vs-are