# AOP vs apu

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### AOP
*noun · IPA \ɑ.o.pe\ · frequency rank #33,116*
Appellation d’origine protégée, label européen.

### apu
*noun · IPA \a.pu\ · frequency rank #48,918*
Banquise.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/aop-vs-apu