api vs ARD, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“api” is a noun and “ARD” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,828
“api” frequency rank: #3,353
“ARD” frequency rank: 24181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	api	ARD
Definition	Feuer; Hitze und Licht, das von etwas ausgeht, das brennt	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Letter map: api vs ARD

Shared letters muted; letters that set api and ARD apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

api

3 ch

ARD

Grammar separator: api vs ARD

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: api is anoun and ARDanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

api is recorded at frequency rank #20,828, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ARD is at rank #3,353, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [aʔɛɐ̯ˈdeː].

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 24181, this pair ranks #1,851,256 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of api vs ARD

Shared letters: a. Private to "api": ip. Private to "ARD": dr.

"api" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ARD" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "api" for "ARD" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "api" is a noun and "ARD" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "api" or "ARD" show up more?

"ARD" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,353 in our German list, against #20,828 for "api". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "api" and "ARD".

Full dictionary entry for "api" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ARD" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,851,256 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"api" and "ARD" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "api vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,851,256 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.