AktevsautConfusable pair

Quick tell: Akte is a noun, aut is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Akte” is a noun and “aut” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,506
“Akte” frequency rank
#20,843
“aut” frequency rank
29349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Akte aut
Definition Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen, die inhaltlich zusammengehören einen Unterschied anzeigend; oder

Letter map: Akte vs aut

Shared letters muted; letters that set Akte and aut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Akte
3 ch
aut

Part-of-speech tell for Akte / aut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Akte is anoun and autaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29349, 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]. aut is at rank #20,843, tagged as aconj.

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 29349, this pair ranks #1,768,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Akte vs aut

Shared letters: at. Private to "Akte": ek. Private to "aut": u.

"Akte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "aut" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Akteaket · akkte · aktte · atke · kate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Akte" and "aut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Akte" is a noun and "aut" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Akte" vs "aut" - which ranks higher?
"Akte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,506 in our German list, against #20,843 for "aut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Akte" and "aut".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Akte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,768,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Akte" and "aut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AUD vs aut". 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 #1,768,425 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