artevsaveWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: arte is a verb, ave is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“arte” is a verb and “ave” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,333
“arte” frequency rank
#19,141
“ave” frequency rank
27474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arte ave
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arten der Vogel

Letter map: arte vs ave

Shared letters muted; letters that set arte and ave apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
arte
3 ch
ave

Role in the sentence - arte and ave

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arte is averb and aveanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arte is recorded at frequency rank #8,333, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaːɐ̯tə]. ave is at rank #19,141, tagged as anoun, 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 27474, this pair ranks #1,801,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of arte vs ave

Shared letters: ae. Private to "arte": rt. Private to "ave": v.

"arte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ave" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • artearet · arrte · artte · atre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "arte" and "ave" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "arte" is a verb and "ave" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "arte" vs "ave" - which ranks higher?
"arte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,333 in our German list, against #19,141 for "ave". 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 "arte" and "ave".

  • Full dictionary entry for "arte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,801,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arte" and "ave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ave 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 #1,801,230 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