Which to use
“apples” is a noun and “applied” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,419
- “apples” frequency rank
- #36,184
- “applied” frequency rank
- 59603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apples | applied |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs apple | Präteritum des Verbs apply |
Letter map: apples vs applied
Shared letters muted; letters that set apples and applied apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for apples / applied
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apples is anoun and appliedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apples is recorded at frequency rank #23,419, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. applied is at rank #36,184, tagged as averb, pronounced [əˈplaɪd].
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 59603, this pair ranks #818,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apples vs applied
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "apples": s. Private to "applied": di.
"apples" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "applied" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apples" for "applied" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apples" vs "applied" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "apples" and "applied".
- Full dictionary entry for "apples" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "applied" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #818,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apples" and "applied" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apples 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 #818,325 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.