packtvsPaktTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#7,794
“packt” frequency rank
#13,665
“Pakt” frequency rank
21459
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature packt Pakt
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs packen ein Vertrag (heute meist politisch zwischen Staaten), Abkommen

Same sound, different letters: packt vs Pakt

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

5 ch
packt
4 ch
Pakt

Same sound, different spelling - packt / Pakt

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: packt and Pakt carry the same recorded pronunciation, [pakt]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

packt is recorded at frequency rank #7,794, classified as averb, pronounced [pakt]. 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 21459, this pair ranks #1,886,014 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of packt vs Pakt

Shared letters: akpt. Private to "packt": c. Private to "Pakt": -.

"packt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Pakt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • packtapckt · pacckt · packkt · packtt · pactk · pakct · pcakt · ppackt
  • Paktapkt · pakkt · paktt · patk · pkat · ppakt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "packt" and "Pakt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "packt" is a verb and "Pakt" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "packt" or "Pakt"?
"packt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,794 in our German list, against #13,665 for "Pakt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"packt" and "Pakt" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "packt" 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 #1,886,014 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "packt" and "Pakt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pakt vs Pau". 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 #1,886,014 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