Which to use
“apel” is a noun and “avec” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,710
- “apel” frequency rank
- #18,175
- “avec” frequency rank
- 66885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apel | avec |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums | in Anwesenheit von, in Begleitung von; mit, bei |
Letter map: apel vs avec
Shared letters muted; letters that set apel and avec apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for apel / avec
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apel is anoun and avecapreposition. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apel is recorded at frequency rank #48,710, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. avec is at rank #18,175, tagged as aprep, pronounced [a.vɛk].
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 66885, this pair ranks #558,337 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apel vs avec
Shared letters: ae. Private to "apel": lp. Private to "avec": cv.
"apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "avec" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apel" for "avec" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apel" vs "avec" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "apel" vs "avec" 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 "avec" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #558,337 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apel" and "avec" 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 #558,337 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.