packstvsPaktTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#26,121
“packst” frequency rank
#13,665
“Pakt” frequency rank
39786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature packst Pakt
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs packen ein Vertrag (heute meist politisch zwischen Staaten), Abkommen

Where the eye mixes packst and Pakt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
packst
4 ch
Pakt

Visual trap between packst and Pakt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: packst is [pakst] while Pakt is [pakt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

packst is recorded at frequency rank #26,121, classified as averb, pronounced [pakst]. Pakt is at rank #13,665, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pakt].

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 39786, this pair ranks #1,526,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of packst vs Pakt

Shared letters: akpt. Private to "packst": cs. Private to "Pakt": -.

"packst" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC  ·  "Pakt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • packstapckst · pacckst · packkst · packsst · packstt · packts · pacskt · pakcst
  • Paktapkt · pakkt · paktt · patk · pkat · ppakt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "packst" and "Pakt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "packst" is a verb and "Pakt" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "packst" or "Pakt" show up more?
"Pakt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,665 in our German list, against #26,121 for "packst". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "packst" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pakt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,526,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "packst" and "Pakt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "packet vs packst". 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 #1,526,957 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