Which to use
“après” is a preposition and “Arrest” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,342
- “après” frequency rank
- #28,519
- “Arrest” frequency rank
- 70861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | après | Arrest |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relation, bei der das mitnach nach | eine Haft von kurzer Dauer |
Where the eye mixes après and Arrest
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. après runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against Arrest's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: après vs Arrest
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: après is [a.pʁɛ] while Arrest is [aˈʁɛst]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70861, 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]. Arrest is at rank #28,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈʁɛst].
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 70861, this pair ranks #433,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of après vs Arrest
Shared letters: ars. Private to "après": pè. Private to "Arrest": et.
"après" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Arrest" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Arrest ← arerst · arest · arresst · arrestt · arrets · arrset · rarest
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "après" for "Arrest" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "après" or "Arrest" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "après" and "Arrest" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "après" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Arrest" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "après" and "Arrest" 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 #433,711 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.