Which to use
“ample” is a determiner and “APL” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,978
- “ample” frequency rank
- #48,593
- “APL” frequency rank
- 59571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ample | APL |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. | Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia. |
Letter map: ample vs APL
Shared letters muted; letters that set ample and APL apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for ample / APL
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ample is adeterminer and APLanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ample is recorded at frequency rank #10,978, classified as adet, pronounced /ˈæm.pəl/. APL is at rank #48,593, tagged as anoun.
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 59571, this pair ranks #105,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ample vs APL
Shared letters: alp. Private to "ample": em. Private to "APL": -.
"ample" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "APL" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ample ← amlpe · ammple · ampel · amplle · ampple · apmle
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ample" and "APL" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ample" vs "APL" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ample" and "APL". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ample" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "APL" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ample" and "APL" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amb vs APL". 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 #105,360 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.