API vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#18,115
“API” frequency rank: #4,122
“at” frequency rank: 22237
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	API	at
Definition	Alphabet phonétique international.	Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.

Where the eye mixes API and at

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

API

2 ch

Look-alike desk: API vs at

A purely visual mix-up. API (\a.pi\) and at (\at\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

API is recorded at frequency rank #18,115, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pi\. at is at rank #4,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \at\.

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 22237, this pair ranks #359,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of API vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "API": ip. Private to "at": t.

"API" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "API" and "at" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently (\a.pi\ versus \at\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "API" or "at"?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,122 in our French list, against #18,115 for "API". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

Full dictionary entry for "API" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #359,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"API" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "API vs aur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #359,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.