# apex vs Auer

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### apex
*noun · IPA [a.peks] · frequency rank #36,183*
die Kegelspitze

### Auer
*name · IPA [ˈaʊ̯ɐ] · frequency rank #18,809*
deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

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