Achte

/[ˈaxtə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,756

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Achte is aGermannoun. It means: Synonym für den Monat August im kaufmännischen und Verwaltungsbereich Pronounced [ˈaxtə]. It ranks #6,756 in German word frequency. Often confused with act and ALTE.

Key facts for Achte
PropertyValue
HeadwordAchte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaxtə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,756
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Achte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaxtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,756 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Synonym für den Monat August im kaufmännischen und Verwaltungsbereich".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Achte, with forms such as "acchte", "achet", and "achhte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "act", "ALTE", "arte", and more, 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 Achte, spelled A-C-H-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym für den Monat August im kaufmännischen und Verwaltungsbereich

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acchte,achet,achhte,achtte,acthe,ahcte,cahte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Achte

Misspelling Variants of "Achte"

acchte6achet5achhte6achtte6acthe5ahcte5cahte5
Misspelling Variants of "Achte"

Frequency rank: #6,756 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Achte"?
"Achte" is spelled A-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaxtə].
What does "Achte" mean?
As a noun, "Achte" means: Synonym für den Monat August im kaufmännischen und Verwaltungsbereich
What words are commonly confused with "Achte"?
"Achte" is commonly confused with "act", "ALTE", "arte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Achte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Achte" is [ˈaxtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Achte" come from?
"Achte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.