at vs ata, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,799
“at” frequency rank: #46,479
“ata” frequency rank: 48278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	at	ata
Definition	großer Einhufer; Pferd	sie

Letter map: at vs ata

Shared letters muted; letters that set at and ata apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

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ata

Role in the sentence - at and ata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: at is anoun and ataapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “at” sits inside “ata”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

at is recorded at frequency rank #1,799, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɑt]. ata is at rank #46,479, tagged as apron, 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 48278, this pair ranks #1,254,431 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of at vs ata

Shared letters: at. Private to "at": -. Private to "ata": -.

"at" · 2 letters · shape VC · "ata" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

In ordinary German text, does "at" or "ata" show up more?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,799 in our German list, against #46,479 for "ata". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "at" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,254,431 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"at" and "ata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ata vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,254,431 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.