apis vs aufs, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,445
“apis” frequency rank: #1,005
“aufs” frequency rank: 45450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	apis	aufs
Definition	Biene	auf das

Letter map: apis vs aufs

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

4 ch

apis

4 ch

aufs

Role in the sentence - apis and aufs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apis is anoun and aufsanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apis is recorded at frequency rank #44,445, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. aufs is at rank #1,005, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [aʊ̯fs].

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 45450, this pair ranks #1,352,597 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apis vs aufs

Shared letters: as. Private to "apis": ip. Private to "aufs": fu.

"apis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "aufs" · 4 letters · shape VVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

apis ← aips · apiss · appis · apsi · pais
aufs ← afus · auffs · aufss · ausf · uafs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apis" and "aufs" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Which is more common, "apis" or "aufs"?

"aufs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,005 in our German list, against #44,445 for "apis". 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 "apis" and "aufs".

Full dictionary entry for "apis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "aufs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,352,597 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"apis" and "aufs" 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 #1,352,597 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.