AGB vs an, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#19,115
“AGB” frequency rank: #26
“an” frequency rank: 19141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	AGB	an
Definition	Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen	bestimmt ein Ziel, einen Zielpunkt, mit welchem etw. in Berührung kommt

Where the eye mixes AGB and an

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

AGB

2 ch

Look-alike desk: AGB vs an

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: AGB is [aːɡeːˈbeː] while an is [an]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (abbrev vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AGB is recorded at frequency rank #19,115, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [aːɡeːˈbeː]. an is at rank #26, tagged as aprep, pronounced [an].

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 19141, this pair ranks #1,911,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of AGB vs an

Shared letters: a. Private to "AGB": bg. Private to "an": n.

"AGB" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "an" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "AGB" for "an" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AGB" is an abbrev and "an" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "AGB" or "an"?

"an" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26 in our German list, against #19,115 for "AGB". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "AGB" and "an" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "AGB" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "an" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,911,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"AGB" and "an" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AGB vs AUD". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,911,434 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.