activity

[ækˈtɪvəti]

/[ækˈtɪvəti]/ noun

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The verdict

“activity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,503
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aktivität, Tätigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-activity · activity · German

activity · rank #34,503 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,503
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH achtzig

Nearest frequency peer: achtzig (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „activity“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „activity“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for activity
PropertyValue
Headwordactivity
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ækˈtɪvəti]
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,503
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „activity“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.activityliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „achtzig“ (#34,502), „Adjektive“ (#34,504), „abzuschneiden“ (#34,501). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „activity“ bei #34,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around activity (IPA [ækˈtɪvəti]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,503 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for activity, with forms such as "acctivity", "acitvity", and "actiivty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is activity, spelled A-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aktivität, Tätigkeit
  2. 2
    Lebhaftigkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how activity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctivity
  • acitvity
  • actiivty
  • activitty
  • activityy
  • activiyt
  • activtiy
  • activvity
  • acttivity
  • actviity
  • atcivity
  • cativity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of activity - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acctivity1acitvity2actiivty2activitty1activityy1activiyt2activtiy2activvity1
Edit distance from "activity"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "activity"?
"activity" is spelled A-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ækˈtɪvəti].
What does "activity" mean?
As a noun, "activity" means: Aktivität, Tätigkeit
What are common misspellings of "activity"?
Common misspellings include "acctivity", "acitvity", "actiivty", "activitty", "activityy". The correct spelling is "activity".
How do you pronounce "activity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "activity" is [ækˈtɪvəti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "activity" come from?
"activity" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "activity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anmarsch#34,513Anwesens#34,514Apparate#34,515überhand#34,479

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

ausräumen12 variantsärztlich12 variantsversagte12 variantsverlogen12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list