APO

[ˈaːpo]

/[ˈaːpo]/ abbrev

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The verdict

“APO” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,930) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#31,930
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - außerparlamentarische Opposition

Corpus desk

Index DE-apo · APO · German

APO · rank #31,930 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,930
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ansteckung

Nearest frequency peer: Ansteckung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „APO“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „APO“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

APO vs at
0% similar
APO vs as
0% similar
APO vs AZ
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for APO
PropertyValue
HeadwordAPO
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[ˈaːpo]
Letters3
Frequency rank#31,930
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „APO“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).APOliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ansteckung“ (#31,929), „Arbeitstage“ (#31,931), „ansprechende“ (#31,928). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „APO“ bei #31,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for APO is neighbouring look-alikes ("at", "as", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˈaːpo]. Frequency #31,930 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "außerparlamentarische Opposition".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for APO, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "as", "AZ", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is APO, spelled A-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    außerparlamentarische Opposition

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how APO appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Bezeichnung der Bundeswehr als ‚Bürgerkriegsarmee‘ leitet die APO aus der verabschiedeten Notstandsgesetzgebung ab, nach der in besonderen Notsituationen auch der Einsatz der Bundeswehr im Inneren möglich ist.“
  2. „Zwar wehte um sie die Luft der jungen Rebellion, APO oder dergleichen, aber eine richtige Studentin war sie wohl nicht, sie hatte breite Bildungslücken und trumpfte mit ihnen auf.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "APO"?
"APO" is spelled A-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːpo].
What does "APO" mean?
As an abbreviation, "APO" means: außerparlamentarische Opposition
What words are commonly confused with "APO"?
"APO" is commonly confused with "at", "as", "AZ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "APO"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "APO" is [ˈaːpo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "APO" come from?
"APO" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "APO", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aid#31,922AHS#31,921BFH#31,968dub#32,004

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list