# apex vs apnée

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### apex
*noun · IPA \a.pɛks\ · frequency rank #28,445*
Extrémité d’un organe.

### apnée
*noun · IPA \ap.ne\ · frequency rank #27,318*
Absence, suspension volontaire de la respiration.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/apex-vs-apnee