exaktevsexaktenConfusable pair

Which to use

“exakte” and “exakten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,059
“exakte” frequency rank
#24,330
“exakten” frequency rank
38389
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exakte exakten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exakt Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exakt

Where the eye mixes exakte and exakten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exakte runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against exakten's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
exakte
7 ch
exakten

Look-alike desk: exakte vs exakten

A purely visual mix-up. exakte ([ɛˈksaktə]) and exakten ([ɛˈksaktn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exakte” sits inside “exakten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exakte is recorded at frequency rank #14,059, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛˈksaktə]. exakten is at rank #24,330, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛˈksaktn̩].

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 38389, this pair ranks #1,565,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of exakte vs exakten

Shared letters: aektx. Private to "exakte": -. Private to "exakten": n.

"exakte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "exakten" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exakte ← eaxkte · exaket · exakkte · exaktte · exatke · exkate · exxakte · xeakte
  • exakten ← eaxkten · exaketn · exakkten · exaktenn · exaktne · exaktten · exatken · exkaten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exakte" and "exakten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɛˈksaktə] versus [ɛˈksaktn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exakte" vs "exakten" - which ranks higher?
"exakte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,059 in our German list, against #24,330 for "exakten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exakte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exakten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,565,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exakte" and "exakten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exakten vs Exoten". 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 #1,565,275 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