AGB vs ata, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#19,115
“AGB” frequency rank: #46,479
“ata” frequency rank: 65594
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	AGB	ata
Definition	Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen	sie

Letter map: AGB vs ata

Shared letters muted; letters that set AGB and ata apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

AGB

3 ch

ata

Part-of-speech tell for AGB / ata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AGB is anabbrev and ataapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65594, 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]. 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 65594, this pair ranks #601,459 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of AGB vs ata

Shared letters: a. Private to "AGB": bg. Private to "ata": t.

"AGB" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ata" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "AGB" and "ata" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

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

"AGB" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,115 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 "AGB" and "ata". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "AGB" 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 #601,459 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"AGB" and "ata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ata vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #601,459 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.