Which to use
“applications” is a noun and “et” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,469
- “applications” frequency rank
- #1,447
- “et” frequency rank
- 50916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | applications | et |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs application | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat |
Letter map: applications vs et
Shared letters muted; letters that set applications and et apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for applications / et
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: applications is anoun and etaverb. On the page they differ by 10 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
applications is recorded at frequency rank #49,469, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, 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 50916, this pair ranks #1,155,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of applications vs et
Shared letters: t. Private to "applications": acilnops. Private to "et": e.
"applications" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVCC · "et" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- applications ← aplications · aplpications · appilcations · applciations · appliactions · applicaitons · applicatinos · applicationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "applications" for "et" ever safe?
Frequency check: "applications" vs "et" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "applications" and "et". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "applications" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "et" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,155,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "applications" and "et" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "applications 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 #1,155,462 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.