apisvsaresWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: apis is a noun, ares is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apis” is a noun and “ares” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,445
“apis” frequency rank
#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
86097
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apis ares
Definition Biene 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare

Letter map: apis vs ares

Shared letters muted; letters that set apis and ares apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
apis
4 ch
ares

Grammar separator: apis vs ares

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apis is anoun and aresaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apis is recorded at frequency rank #44,445, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ares is at rank #41,652, tagged as averb, 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 86097, this pair ranks #98,682 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apis vs ares

Shared letters: as. Private to "apis": ip. Private to "ares": er.

"apis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apisaips · apiss · appis · apsi · pais
  • aresaers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apis" and "ares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apis" is a noun and "ares" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "apis" vs "ares" - which ranks higher?
"ares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,652 in our German list, against #44,445 for "apis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "apis" and "ares". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,682 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apis" and "ares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apis 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 #98,682 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