actsvsAmtesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#24,599
“acts” frequency rank
#8,821
“Amtes” frequency rank
33420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acts Amtes
Definition Plural des Substantivs act Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Amt

Letter map: acts vs Amtes

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

4 ch
acts
5 ch
Amtes

Corpus notes: acts and Amtes

acts and Amtes 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 33420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acts is recorded at frequency rank #24,599, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Amtes is at rank #8,821, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈamtəs].

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 33420, this pair ranks #1,686,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acts vs Amtes

Shared letters: ast. Private to "acts": c. Private to "Amtes": em.

"acts" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "Amtes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • actsaccts · acst · actss · actts · atcs
  • Amtesamets · ammtes · amtess · amtse · amttes · atmes · mates

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acts" and "Amtes" be used interchangeably?
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: "acts" vs "Amtes" - which ranks higher?
"Amtes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,821 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.

What to do next

You've compared "acts" and "Amtes". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Amtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,686,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acts" and "Amtes" 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 #1,686,348 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