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Which to use

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

#20,828
“api” frequency rank
#289
“Art” frequency rank
21117
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature api Art
Definition Feuer; Hitze und Licht, das von etwas ausgeht, das brennt eine Gruppe aus einer Gesamtheit, die sich durch besondere Merkmale auszeichnet

Letter map: api vs Art

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

3 ch
api
3 ch
Art

Pair insight - api / Art

api and Art 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

api is recorded at frequency rank #20,828, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Art is at rank #289, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aːɐ̯t].

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 21117, this pair ranks #1,889,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of api vs Art

Shared letters: a. Private to "api": ip. Private to "Art": rt.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "api" for "Art" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "api" or "Art"?
"Art" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #289 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "api" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Art" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,889,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "api" and "Art" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "api vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,889,988 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