AchtevsactsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#6,756
“Achte” frequency rank
#24,599
“acts” frequency rank
31355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Achte acts
Definition Synonym für den Monat August im kaufmännischen und Verwaltungsbereich Plural des Substantivs act

Letter map: Achte vs acts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Achte and acts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Achte
4 ch
acts

Spelling & dictionary notes on Achte vs acts

Achte and acts 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Achte is recorded at frequency rank #6,756, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaxtə]. 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 31355, this pair ranks #1,729,772 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Achte vs acts

Shared letters: act. Private to "Achte": eh. Private to "acts": s.

"Achte" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "acts" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Achteacchte · achet · achhte · achtte · acthe · ahcte · cahte
  • actsaccts · acst · actss · actts · atcs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Achte" and "acts" 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.
Frequency check: "Achte" vs "acts" - which ranks higher?
"Achte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,756 in our German list, against #24,599 for "acts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Achte" vs "acts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Achte" 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 #1,729,772 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Achte" 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 #1,729,772 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