Which to use
“aires” is a noun and “altes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,077
- “aires” frequency rank
- #3,501
- “altes” frequency rank
- 19578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aires | altes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs aire | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt |
Letter map: aires vs altes
Shared letters muted; letters that set aires and altes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. aires (VVCVC) and altes (VCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: aires vs altes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aires is anoun and altesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aires is recorded at frequency rank #16,077, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. altes is at rank #3,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaltəs].
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 19578, this pair ranks #1,906,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aires vs altes
Shared letters: aes. Private to "aires": ir. Private to "altes": lt.
"aires" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC · "altes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aires" and "altes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aires" vs "altes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aires" and "altes".
- Full dictionary entry for "aires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "altes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,906,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aires" and "altes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aires 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 #1,906,870 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.