api vs AUX, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#20,828
“api” frequency rank: #18,814
“AUX” frequency rank: 39642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	api	AUX
Definition	Feuer; Hitze und Licht, das von etwas ausgeht, das brennt	Kürzel für einen zusätzlichen Eingang zur freien Verwendung (bei Geräten wie zum Beispiel Verstärkern)

Letter map: api vs AUX

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

3 ch

api

3 ch

AUX

Role in the sentence - api and AUX

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: api is anoun and AUXanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

api is recorded at frequency rank #20,828, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. AUX is at rank #18,814, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 39642, this pair ranks #1,531,011 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of api vs AUX

Shared letters: a. Private to "api": ip. Private to "AUX": ux.

"api" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "AUX" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "api" and "AUX" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Frequency check: "api" vs "AUX" - which ranks higher?

"AUX" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,814 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.

What to do next

Pair "api" vs "AUX" 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 "AUX" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,531,011 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"api" and "AUX" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "api vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,531,011 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.