Which to use
“aggregate” and “by” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,316
- “aggregate” frequency rank
- #1,627
- “by” frequency rank
- 43943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggregate | by |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anhäufung, Komplex, Gesamtsumme, Gesamtheit | Stadt |
Letter map: aggregate vs by
Shared letters muted; letters that set aggregate and by apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Corpus notes: aggregate and by
aggregate and by 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 7 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aggregate is recorded at frequency rank #42,316, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. by is at rank #1,627, tagged as anoun, 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 43943, this pair ranks #1,402,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aggregate vs by
Shared letters: none. Private to "aggregate": aegrt. Private to "by": by.
"aggregate" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "by" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aggregate ← aggergate · aggreagte · aggregaet · aggregatte · aggreggate · aggregtae · aggrgeate · aggrregate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aggregate" for "by" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "aggregate" vs "by" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "aggregate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "by" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,402,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggregate" and "by" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aggregate 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 #1,402,091 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.