applesvsPollockTell them apart

Quick tell: apples is a noun, Pollock is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apples” is a noun and “Pollock” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,419
“apples” frequency rank
#49,968
“Pollock” frequency rank
73387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apples Pollock
Definition Plural des Substantivs apple deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: apples vs Pollock

Shared letters muted; letters that set apples and Pollock apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
apples
7 ch
Pollock

Role in the sentence - apples and Pollock

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apples is anoun and Pollockaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apples is recorded at frequency rank #23,419, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Pollock is at rank #49,968, tagged as aname, 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 73387, this pair ranks #361,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apples vs Pollock

Shared letters: lp. Private to "apples": aes. Private to "Pollock": cko.

"apples" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC  ·  "Pollock" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • applesaples · aplpes · appels · appless · applles · applse · paples
  • Pollockopllock · plolock · pollcok · pollocck · pollockk · pollokc · polock · pololck

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apples" and "Pollock" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apples" is a noun and "Pollock" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apples" or "Pollock"?
"apples" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,419 in our German list, against #49,968 for "Pollock". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "apples" and "Pollock". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apples" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pollock" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #361,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apples" and "Pollock" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pollock 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 #361,797 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