AMS vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“AMS” is an abbrev and “at” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,824
“AMS” frequency rank: #1,799
“at” frequency rank: 22623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	AMS	at
Definition	Abkürzung für Arbeitsmarktservice	großer Einhufer; Pferd

Letter map: AMS vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set AMS and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

AMS

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for AMS / at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AMS is anabbrev and atanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AMS is recorded at frequency rank #20,824, classified as anabbrev. at is at rank #1,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɑt].

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 22623, this pair ranks #1,871,881 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of AMS vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "AMS": ms. Private to "at": t.

"AMS" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "AMS" and "at" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "AMS" or "at"?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,799 in our German list, against #20,824 for "AMS". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "AMS" vs "at" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "AMS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,871,881 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"AMS" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AMS vs AUD". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,871,881 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.