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

#8,916
“Pakete” frequency rank
#13,665
“Pakt” frequency rank
22581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pakete Pakt
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Paket ein Vertrag (heute meist politisch zwischen Staaten), Abkommen

Where the eye mixes Pakete and Pakt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Pakete runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Pakt's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Pakete
4 ch
Pakt

Visual trap between Pakete and Pakt

A purely visual mix-up. Pakete ([paˈkeːtə]) and Pakt ([pakt]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pakete is recorded at frequency rank #8,916, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈkeːtə]. 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 22581, this pair ranks #1,872,424 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Pakete vs Pakt

Shared letters: akpt. Private to "Pakete": e. Private to "Pakt": -.

"Pakete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Pakt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pakete ← apkete · paekte · pakeet · pakette · pakkete · paktee · pkaete · ppakete
  • Pakt ← apkt · pakkt · paktt · patk · pkat · ppakt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Pakete" and "Pakt" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([paˈkeːtə] versus [pakt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Pakete" or "Pakt" show up more?
"Pakete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,916 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Pakete" and "Pakt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Pakete" 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 #1,872,424 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Pakete" 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 #1,872,424 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