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Which to use

“acer” and “Achter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,046
“acer” frequency rank
#18,146
“Achter” frequency rank
46192
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acer Achter
Definition Stahl die Ziffer 8 oder etwas, das die Ziffer 8 trägt (zum Beispiel ein Sportler mit der Trikotnummer 8)

Letter map: acer vs Achter

Shared letters muted; letters that set acer and Achter apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. acer runs 4 letters (VCVC) against Achter's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
acer
6 ch
Achter

Corpus notes: acer and Achter

acer and Achter are indexed as a confusable German 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acer is recorded at frequency rank #28,046, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Achter is at rank #18,146, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaxtɐ].

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 46192, this pair ranks #1,327,400 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acer vs Achter

Shared letters: acer. Private to "acer": -. Private to "Achter": ht.

"acer" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Achter" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acer ← accer · acerr · aecr
  • Achter ← acchter · achetr · achhter · achterr · achtre · achtter · acther · ahcter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acer" and "Achter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "acer" vs "Achter" - which ranks higher?
"Achter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,146 in our German list, against #28,046 for "acer". 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 "acer" and "Achter".

  • Full dictionary entry for "acer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Achter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,327,400 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acer" and "Achter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acer vs puzzles". 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 #1,327,400 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list