Which to use
“acht” is a num and “acts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #899
- “acht” frequency rank
- #24,599
- “acts” frequency rank
- 25498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acht | acts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Kardinalzahl zwischen sieben und neun | Plural des Substantivs act |
Letter map: acht vs acts
Shared letters muted; letters that set acht and acts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. acht and acts follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: acht vs acts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acht is anum and actsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acht is recorded at frequency rank #899, classified as anum, pronounced [axt]. acts is at rank #24,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 25498, this pair ranks #1,832,367 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acht vs acts
Shared letters: act. Private to "acht": h. Private to "acts": s.
"acht" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "acts" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acht" and "acts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "acht" or "acts" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "acht" and "acts".
- Full dictionary entry for "acht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,832,367 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acht" and "acts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acts 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 #1,832,367 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.