altars vs altes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“altars” is a noun and “altes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,697
“altars” frequency rank: #3,501
“altes” frequency rank: 47198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	altars	altes
Definition	Plural des Substantivs altar	Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt

Letter map: altars vs altes

Shared letters muted; letters that set altars and altes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

altars

5 ch

altes

Grammar separator: altars vs altes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: altars is anoun and altesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

altars is recorded at frequency rank #43,697, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. altes is at rank #3,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaltəs].

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 47198, this pair ranks #1,292,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of altars vs altes

Shared letters: alst. Private to "altars": r. Private to "altes": e.

"altars" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "altes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

altars ← alatrs · alltars · altarrs · altarss · altasr · altras · alttars · atlars
altes ← alets · alltes · altess · altse · alttes · atles · lates

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "altars" and "altes" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "altars" is a noun and "altes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "altars" or "altes" show up more?

"altes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,501 in our German list, against #43,697 for "altars". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "altars" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "altes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,292,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"altars" and "altes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "altars vs puzzles". 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 #1,292,847 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.