# apu vs As

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### As
*name · IPA \as\ · frequency rank #135*
Commune de la province de Limbourg de la région flamande de Belgique.

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