Which to use
“apples” is a noun and “après” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,419
- “apples” frequency rank
- #42,342
- “après” frequency rank
- 65761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apples | après |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs apple | Relation, bei der das mitnach nach |
Letter map: apples vs après
Shared letters muted; letters that set apples and après apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for apples / après
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apples is anoun and aprèsapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apples is recorded at frequency rank #23,419, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. après is at rank #42,342, tagged as aprep, pronounced [a.pʁɛ].
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 65761, this pair ranks #595,874 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apples vs après
Shared letters: aps. Private to "apples": el. Private to "après": rè.
"apples" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "après" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apples ← aples · aplpes · appels · appless · applles · applse · paples
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apples" for "après" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "apples" or "après" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "apples" and "après".
- Full dictionary entry for "apples" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "après" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #595,874 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apples" and "après" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apel vs après". 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 #595,874 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.