access

/[ˈæksɛs]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,536

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

access is aGermannoun. It means: Zugang, Eingang, Eintritt, Einstieg Pronounced [ˈæksɛs]. Often confused with across.

Key facts for access
PropertyValue
Headwordaccess
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈæksɛs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,536
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of access in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for access is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈæksɛs]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,536 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zugang, Eingang, Eintritt, Einstieg".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for access, with forms such as "acces", "acceß", and "accses". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "across", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is access, spelled A-C-C-E-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zugang, Eingang, Eintritt, Einstieg

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acces,acceß,accses,acecss,acess,cacess

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for access

Misspelling Variants of "access"

acces5acceß5accses6acecss6acess5cacess6
Misspelling Variants of "access"

Frequency rank: #13,536 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "access"?
"access" is spelled A-C-C-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈæksɛs].
What does "access" mean?
As a noun, "access" means: Zugang, Eingang, Eintritt, Einstieg
What words are commonly confused with "access"?
"access" is commonly confused with "across". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "access"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "access" is [ˈæksɛs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "access" come from?
"access" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.