air vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,699
“air” frequency rank: #1,799
“at” frequency rank: 4498
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	air	at
Definition	Luft, Atmosphäre, Luftraum	großer Einhufer; Pferd

Where the eye mixes air and at

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

3 ch

air

2 ch

Visual trap between air and at

A purely visual mix-up. air ([ɛə(ɹ)]) and at ([ɑt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

air is recorded at frequency rank #2,699, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɛə(ɹ)]. 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 4498, this pair ranks #1,997,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of air vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "air": ir. Private to "at": t.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "air" and "at" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently ([ɛə(ɹ)] versus [ɑt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "air" 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 #2,699 for "air". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "air" 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 #1,997,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"air" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "air vs AUD". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,997,547 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.