akzeptierevsakzeptiertWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: akzeptiere is a verb, akzeptiert is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“akzeptiere” is a verb and “akzeptiert” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,078
“akzeptiere” frequency rank
#4,587
“akzeptiert” frequency rank
20665
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature akzeptiere akzeptiert
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs akzeptieren etwas mit seinen Besonderheiten und Eigenarten angenommenes; etwas, was zumindest hingenommen wird, wenn es vielleicht auch nicht unumschränkt bejaht wird

Where the eye mixes akzeptiere and akzeptiert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. akzeptiere (VCCVCCVVCV) and akzeptiert (VCCVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
akzeptiere
10 ch
akzeptiert

Look-alike desk: akzeptiere vs akzeptiert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: akzeptiere is [ˌakt͡sɛpˈtiːʁə] while akzeptiert is [akt͡sɛpˈtiːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “akzeptiere” becomes t in “akzeptiert”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

akzeptiere is recorded at frequency rank #16,078, classified as averb, pronounced [ˌakt͡sɛpˈtiːʁə]. akzeptiert is at rank #4,587, tagged as anadj, pronounced [akt͡sɛpˈtiːɐ̯t].

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 20665, this pair ranks #1,895,167 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of akzeptiere vs akzeptiert

Shared letters: aeikprtz. Private to "akzeptiere": -. Private to "akzeptiert": -.

"akzeptiere" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCV  ·  "akzeptiert" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • akzeptiereakezptiere · akkzeptiere · akzepitere · akzepptiere · akzepteire · akzeptieer · akzeptierre · akzeptiree
  • akzeptiertakezptiert · akkzeptiert · akzepitert · akzepptiert · akzepteirt · akzeptierrt · akzeptiertt · akzeptietr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "akzeptiere" and "akzeptiert" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "akzeptiere" is a verb and "akzeptiert" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "akzeptiere" or "akzeptiert" show up more?
"akzeptiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,587 in our German list, against #16,078 for "akzeptiere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "akzeptiere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "akzeptiert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,895,167 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "akzeptiere" and "akzeptiert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "akzeptiere vs akzeptierst". 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 #1,895,167 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