agentsvsAgenturTell them apart

Which to use

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

#36,776
“agents” frequency rank
#4,246
“Agentur” frequency rank
41022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agents Agentur
Definition Plural des Substantivs agent Büro, das Vermittlungsdienstleistungen erbringt oder die Interessenvertretung für seine Kunden übernimmt

Letter map: agents vs Agentur

Shared letters muted; letters that set agents and Agentur apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
agents
7 ch
Agentur

Spelling & dictionary notes on agents vs Agentur

agents and Agentur 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 41022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agents is recorded at frequency rank #36,776, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Agentur is at rank #4,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯].

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 41022, this pair ranks #1,491,541 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agents vs Agentur

Shared letters: aegnt. Private to "agents": s. Private to "Agentur": ru.

"agents" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCC  ·  "Agentur" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agentsaegnts · agennts · agenst · agentss · agentts · agetns · aggents · agnets
  • Agenturaegntur · agenntur · agentru · agenttur · agenturr · agenutr · agetnur · aggentur

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agents" and "Agentur" 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: "agents" vs "Agentur" - which ranks higher?
"Agentur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,246 in our German list, against #36,776 for "agents". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "agents" and "Agentur".

  • Full dictionary entry for "agents" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Agentur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,491,541 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agents" and "Agentur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agents 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 #1,491,541 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