aldavsamaConfusable pair

Quick tell: alda is a noun, ama is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alda” is a noun and “ama” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,005
“alda” frequency rank
#30,432
“ama” frequency rank
71437
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alda ama
Definition (große, hohe) Welle, Wellengang Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs amar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs amar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Suchergebnisse in der Interlingua-Wikipedia für „ama“

Letter map: alda vs ama

Shared letters muted; letters that set alda and ama apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
alda
3 ch
ama

Role in the sentence - alda and ama

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alda is anoun and amaanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alda is recorded at frequency rank #41,005, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈalda]. ama is at rank #30,432, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

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 71437, this pair ranks #416,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alda vs ama

Shared letters: a. Private to "alda": dl. Private to "ama": m.

"alda" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ama" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aldaadla · alad · aldda · allda

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alda" and "ama" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alda" is a noun and "ama" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "alda" vs "ama" - which ranks higher?
"ama" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,432 in our German list, against #41,005 for "alda". 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 "alda" and "ama".

  • Full dictionary entry for "alda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #416,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alda" and "ama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alda vs AUD". 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 #416,860 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