Which to use
“ages” and “ape” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,816
- “ages” frequency rank
- #15,334
- “ape” frequency rank
- 18150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ages | ape |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of age | A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. |
Where the eye mixes ages and ape
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. ages (/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/) and ape (/eɪp/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ages is recorded at frequency rank #2,816, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/. ape is at rank #15,334, tagged as anoun, pronounced /eɪp/.
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 18150, this pair ranks #446,813 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ages vs ape
Shared letters: ae. Private to "ages": gs. Private to "ape": p.
"ages" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ape" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ages ← aegs · agess · agges · agse · gaes