apisvsordersTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#44,445
“apis” frequency rank
#49,941
“orders” frequency rank
94386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apis orders
Definition Biene 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs order

Letter map: apis vs orders

Shared letters muted; letters that set apis and orders apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. apis runs 4 letters (VCVC) against orders's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
apis
6 ch
orders

Grammar separator: apis vs orders

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apis is anoun and ordersaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apis is recorded at frequency rank #44,445, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. orders is at rank #49,941, 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 94386, this pair ranks #17,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apis vs orders

Shared letters: s. Private to "apis": aip. Private to "orders": deor.

"apis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "orders" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apis ← aips · apiss · appis · apsi · pais
  • orders ← odrers · ordders · orderrs · orderss · ordesr · ordres · oredrs · orrders

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apis" and "orders" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apis" is a noun and "orders" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "apis" or "orders" show up more?
"apis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,445 in our German list, against #49,941 for "orders". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "apis" vs "orders" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orders" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apis" and "orders" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orders 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 #17,056 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