traktvstrinktTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#37,248
“trakt” frequency rank
#6,245
“trinkt” frequency rank
43493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trakt trinkt
Definition nicht scharf abgegrenztes Gebiet (geografisch oder auch übertragen), das als zusammengehörig empfunden wird; Gegend 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trinken

Letter map: trakt vs trinkt

Shared letters muted; letters that set trakt and trinkt apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
trakt
6 ch
trinkt

Part-of-speech tell for trakt / trinkt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: trakt is anoun and trinktaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trakt is recorded at frequency rank #37,248, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. trinkt is at rank #6,245, tagged as averb, pronounced [tʁɪŋkt].

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 43493, this pair ranks #1,416,317 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trakt vs trinkt

Shared letters: krt. Private to "trakt": a. Private to "trinkt": in.

"trakt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "trinkt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traktrtakt · tarkt · trakkt · traktt · tratk · trkat · trrakt · ttrakt
  • trinktrtinkt · tirnkt · triknt · trinkkt · trinktt · trinnkt · trintk · trnikt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "trakt" and "trinkt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trakt" is a noun and "trinkt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "trakt" or "trinkt" show up more?
"trinkt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,245 in our German list, against #37,248 for "trakt". 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 "trakt" and "trinkt".

  • Full dictionary entry for "trakt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trinkt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,416,317 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trakt" and "trinkt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs trakt". 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 #1,416,317 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