AktionärvsAktionenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#30,906
“Aktionär” frequency rank
#3,015
“Aktionen” frequency rank
33921
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Aktionär Aktionen
Definition Inhaber von Aktien, und damit Miteigentümer einer Aktiengesellschaft Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Aktion

Where the eye mixes Aktionär and Aktionen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Aktionär and Aktionen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
Aktionär
8 ch
Aktionen

Visual trap between Aktionär and Aktionen

A purely visual mix-up. Aktionär ([akt͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯]) and Aktionen ([akˈt͡si̯oːnən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Aktionär is recorded at frequency rank #30,906, classified as anoun, pronounced [akt͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯]. Aktionen is at rank #3,015, tagged as anoun, pronounced [akˈt͡si̯oːnən].

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 33921, this pair ranks #1,675,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Aktionär vs Aktionen

Shared letters: aiknot. Private to "Aktionär": rä. Private to "Aktionen": e.

"Aktionär" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC  ·  "Aktionen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aktionen ← akitonen · akktionen · aktinoen · aktioenn · aktionenn · aktionne · aktionnen · aktoinen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Aktionär" for "Aktionen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akt͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯] versus [akˈt͡si̯oːnən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Aktionär" vs "Aktionen" - which ranks higher?
"Aktionen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,015 in our German list, against #30,906 for "Aktionär". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Aktionär" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aktionen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,675,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Aktionär" and "Aktionen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aktionär vs Aktionären". 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 #1,675,076 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