# APL vs apply

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### APL
*noun · frequency rank #48,593*
Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.

### apply
*verb · IPA /əˈplaɪ/ · frequency rank #1,624*
To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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