AlarmvsatariWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#5,793
“Alarm” frequency rank
#45,764
“atari” frequency rank
51557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Alarm atari
Definition zur Frühwarnung oder bei Eintritt eines Schadensereignisses erfolgender Ruf zur Bereitschaft oder zur Warnung vor Gefahr Haupteingang m, Torweg m, Türdurchgang m

Letter map: Alarm vs atari

Shared letters muted; letters that set Alarm and atari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Alarm
5 ch
atari

Spelling & dictionary notes on Alarm vs atari

Alarm and atari are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Alarm is recorded at frequency rank #5,793, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈlaʁm]. atari is at rank #45,764, tagged as anoun.

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 51557, this pair ranks #1,130,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Alarm vs atari

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Alarm": lm. Private to "atari": it.

"Alarm" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "atari" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Alarmaalrm · alamr · alarmm · alarrm · allarm · alram · laarm
  • atariaatri · atair · atarri · atrai · attari · taari

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Alarm" and "atari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Alarm" or "atari"?
"Alarm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,793 in our German list, against #45,764 for "atari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Alarm" and "atari".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Alarm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,130,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Alarm" and "atari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs atari". 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 #1,130,894 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