annivsantikTell them apart

Quick tell: anni is a noun, antik is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#20,497
“anni” frequency rank
#35,057
“antik” frequency rank
55554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anni antik
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs and „Gabe“ die Antike betreffend, zu ihr gehörend, aus ihr stammend

Letter map: anni vs antik

Shared letters muted; letters that set anni and antik apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
anni
5 ch
antik

Grammar separator: anni vs antik

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: anni is anoun and antikanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anni is recorded at frequency rank #20,497, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. antik is at rank #35,057, tagged as anadj, pronounced [anˈtiːk].

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 55554, this pair ranks #975,080 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of anni vs antik

Shared letters: ain. Private to "anni": -. Private to "antik": kt.

"anni" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "antik" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annianin · nani
  • antikanitk · anntik · antikk · antki · anttik · atnik · natik

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anni" and "antik" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "anni" is a noun and "antik" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "anni" or "antik" show up more?
"anni" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,497 in our German list, against #35,057 for "antik". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "anni" vs "antik" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "antik" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #975,080 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anni" and "antik" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antik vs antikes". 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 #975,080 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