Which to use
“après” is a preposition and “arms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,342
- “après” frequency rank
- #25,891
- “arms” frequency rank
- 68233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | après | arms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relation, bei der das mitnach nach | Plural des Substantivs arm |
Letter map: après vs arms
Shared letters muted; letters that set après and arms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. après runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against arms's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - après and arms
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: après is apreposition and armsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
après is recorded at frequency rank #42,342, classified as aprep, pronounced [a.pʁɛ]. arms is at rank #25,891, tagged as anoun, 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 68233, this pair ranks #514,415 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of après vs arms
Shared letters: ars. Private to "après": pè. Private to "arms": m.
"après" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "arms" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arms ← armms · armss · arrms · arsm · rams
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "après" for "arms" ever safe?
Frequency check: "après" vs "arms" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "après" and "arms". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "après" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #514,415 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "après" and "arms" 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 #514,415 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.