apelvsaresWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: apel is a noun, ares is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apel” is a noun and “ares” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,710
“apel” frequency rank
#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
90362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apel ares
Definition Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare

Letter map: apel vs ares

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

4 ch
apel
4 ch
ares

Grammar separator: apel vs ares

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apel is anoun and aresaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apel is recorded at frequency rank #48,710, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ares is at rank #41,652, tagged as averb, 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 90362, this pair ranks #47,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apel vs ares

Shared letters: ae. Private to "apel": lp. Private to "ares": rs.

"apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apelaepl · pael
  • aresaers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apel" and "ares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apel" is a noun and "ares" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apel" or "ares"?
"ares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,652 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "apel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apel" and "ares" 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 #47,771 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