APECvsappsTell them apart

Which to use

“APEC” and “apps” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,772
“APEC” frequency rank
#19,740
“apps” frequency rank
63512
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature APEC apps
Definition Coopération Économique Asie-Pacifique Pluriel de app.

Letter map: APEC vs apps

Shared letters muted; letters that set APEC and apps apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. APEC (VCVC) and apps (VCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
APEC
4 ch
apps

Spelling & dictionary notes on APEC vs apps

APEC and apps are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

APEC is recorded at frequency rank #43,772, classified as anoun. apps is at rank #19,740, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈæps\.

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 63512, this pair ranks #81,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of APEC vs apps

Shared letters: ap. Private to "APEC": ce. Private to "apps": s.

"APEC" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "apps" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • APEC ← aepc · apecc · appec
  • apps ← appss · apsp · paps

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "APEC" and "apps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "APEC" vs "apps" - which ranks higher?
"apps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,740 in our French list, against #43,772 for "APEC". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "APEC" and "apps".

  • Full dictionary entry for "APEC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "APEC" and "apps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "APEC vs aves". 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 #81,590 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list