Which to use
“api” is a noun and “are” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,828
- “api” frequency rank
- #4,019
- “are” frequency rank
- 24847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | api | are |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Feuer; Hitze und Licht, das von etwas ausgeht, das brennt | 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs be |
Letter map: api vs are
Shared letters muted; letters that set api and are apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for api / are
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: api is anoun and areaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
api is recorded at frequency rank #20,828, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. are is at rank #4,019, tagged as averb, pronounced [ə].
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 24847, this pair ranks #1,841,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of api vs are
Shared letters: a. Private to "api": ip. Private to "are": er.
"api" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "are" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "api" and "are". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "api" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "are" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,841,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "api" and "are" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "api vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,841,797 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.