atavsAtzeTell them apart

Quick tell: ata is a pronoun, Atze is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,479
“ata” frequency rank
#49,484
“Atze” frequency rank
95963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ata Atze
Definition sie männliches Geschwisterteil

Letter map: ata vs Atze

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

3 ch
ata
4 ch
Atze

Part-of-speech tell for ata / Atze

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ata is apronoun and Atzeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ata is recorded at frequency rank #46,479, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Atze is at rank #49,484, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈat͡sə].

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 95963, this pair ranks #9,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ata vs Atze

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

"ata" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "Atze" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Atzeatez · attze · atzze · azte · taze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ata" and "Atze" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ata" is a pronoun and "Atze" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ata" or "Atze"?
"ata" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,479 in our German list, against #49,484 for "Atze". 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 "ata" and "Atze".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ata" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Atze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ata" and "Atze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aare vs Atze". 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 #9,303 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