actavsataWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: acta is a noun, ata is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acta” is a noun and “ata” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,153
“acta” frequency rank
#46,479
“ata” frequency rank
66632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acta ata
Definition die Urkunde sie

Letter map: acta vs ata

Shared letters muted; letters that set acta and ata apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
acta
3 ch
ata

Part-of-speech tell for acta / ata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acta is anoun and ataapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acta is recorded at frequency rank #20,153, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈakta]. ata is at rank #46,479, tagged as apron, 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 66632, this pair ranks #566,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acta vs ata

Shared letters: at. Private to "acta": c. Private to "ata": -.

"acta" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ata" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • actaacat · accta · actta · atca · cata

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acta" for "ata" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acta" is a noun and "ata" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "acta" or "ata"?
"acta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,153 in our German list, against #46,479 for "ata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "acta" and "ata". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #566,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acta" and "ata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ata 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 #566,748 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