# apple vs applied

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### apple
*noun · IPA [ˈæpəl] · frequency rank #2,379*
Frucht von [2]; Apfel

### applied
*verb · IPA [əˈplaɪd] · frequency rank #36,184*
Präteritum des Verbs apply

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/apple-vs-applied