altarsvsatariWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#43,697
“altars” frequency rank
#45,764
“atari” frequency rank
89461
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature altars atari
Definition Plural des Substantivs altar Haupteingang m, Torweg m, Türdurchgang m

Letter map: altars vs atari

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

6 ch
altars
5 ch
atari

Corpus notes: altars and atari

altars 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

altars is recorded at frequency rank #43,697, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. 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 89461, this pair ranks #57,022 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of altars vs atari

Shared letters: art. Private to "altars": ls. Private to "atari": i.

"altars" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "atari" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • altarsalatrs · alltars · altarrs · altarss · altasr · altras · alttars · atlars
  • atariaatri · atair · atarri · atrai · attari · taari

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "altars" and "atari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "altars" vs "atari" - which ranks higher?
"altars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,697 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

Pair "altars" vs "atari" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "altars" 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 #57,022 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "altars" 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 #57,022 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