apevsaresTell them apart

Which to use

“ape” and “ares” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,095
“ape” frequency rank
#10,309
“ares” frequency rank
38404
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ape ares
Definition comida para cavalos atmosfera, ar

Letter map: ape vs ares

Shared letters muted; letters that set ape and ares apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
ape
4 ch
ares

Spelling & dictionary notes on ape vs ares

ape and ares are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ape is recorded at frequency rank #28,095, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɑ.pe/. ares is at rank #10,309, tagged as anoun.

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 38404, this pair ranks #28,063 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ape vs ares

Shared letters: ae. Private to "ape": p. Private to "ares": rs.

"ape" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aresaers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ape" and "ares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "ape" or "ares"?
"ares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,309 in our Portuguese list, against #28,095 for "ape". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ape" and "ares". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,063 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ape" and "ares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ape". 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 #28,063 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list