Which to use
“Akte” is a noun and “altes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,506
- “Akte” frequency rank
- #3,501
- “altes” frequency rank
- 12007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Akte | altes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen, die inhaltlich zusammengehören | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt |
Where the eye mixes Akte and altes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Akte runs 4 letters (VCCV) against altes's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Akte vs altes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Akte is [ˈaktə] while altes is [ˈaltəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Akte is recorded at frequency rank #8,506, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaktə]. 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 12007, this pair ranks #1,966,699 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Akte vs altes
Shared letters: aet. Private to "Akte": k. Private to "altes": ls.
"Akte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "altes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Akte" and "altes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Akte" or "altes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Akte" and "altes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Akte" 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 #1,966,699 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Akte" and "altes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Akte vs Atze". 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 #1,966,699 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.