AEGvsatTell them apart

Quick tell: AEG is a abbrev, at is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“AEG” is an abbrev and “at” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,179
“AEG” frequency rank
#1,799
“at” frequency rank
28978
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AEG at
Definition Allgemeines Eisenbahngesetz großer Einhufer; Pferd

Letter map: AEG vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set AEG and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
AEG
2 ch
at

Role in the sentence - AEG and at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AEG is anabbrev and atanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AEG is recorded at frequency rank #27,179, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. at is at rank #1,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɑt].

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 28978, this pair ranks #1,775,201 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of AEG vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "AEG": eg. Private to "at": t.

"AEG" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "AEG" and "at" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AEG" is an abbrev and "at" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "AEG" vs "at" - which ranks higher?
"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,799 in our German list, against #27,179 for "AEG". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "AEG" vs "at" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "AEG" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,775,201 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AEG" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AEG vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,775,201 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