AcehvsapesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#45,770
“Aceh” frequency rank
#15,951
“apes” frequency rank
61721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Aceh apes
Definition A special autonomous province of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. plural of ape

Letter map: Aceh vs apes

Shared letters muted; letters that set Aceh and apes apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Aceh and apes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Aceh
4 ch
apes

Grammar separator: Aceh vs apes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Aceh is aname and apesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Aceh is recorded at frequency rank #45,770, classified as aname. apes is at rank #15,951, tagged as anoun, pronounced /eɪps/.

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 61721, this pair ranks #92,603 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Aceh vs apes

Shared letters: ae. Private to "Aceh": ch. Private to "apes": ps.

"Aceh" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "apes" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aceh ← acceh · acehh · caeh
  • apes ← aeps · apess · appes · apse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Aceh" and "apes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Aceh" is a name and "apes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Aceh" or "apes" show up more?
"apes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,951 in our English list, against #45,770 for "Aceh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Aceh" and "apes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Aceh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #92,603 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Aceh" and "apes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aceh vs ake". 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 #92,603 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list