apivsAprilWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“api” and “April” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,828
“api” frequency rank
#666
“April” frequency rank
21494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature api April
Definition Feuer; Hitze und Licht, das von etwas ausgeht, das brennt der vierte Monat des Gregorianischen Kalenders

Letter map: api vs April

Shared letters muted; letters that set api and April apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
api
5 ch
April

Corpus notes: api and April

api and April are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

api is recorded at frequency rank #20,828, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. April is at rank #666, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈpʁɪl].

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 21494, this pair ranks #1,885,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of api vs April

Shared letters: aip. Private to "api": -. Private to "April": lr.

"api" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "April" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aprilapirl · appril · aprill · aprli · aprril · arpil · paril

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "api" and "April" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "api" vs "April" - which ranks higher?
"April" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #666 in our German list, against #20,828 for "api". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "api" vs "April" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "api" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "April" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,885,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "api" and "April" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "api 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 #1,885,613 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