ad acta
[at ˈakta]
The verdict
“ad acta” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - „zu den Akten“ als Vermerk auf einem Schriftstück, wenn es nicht bearbeitet wird (werden muss) oder ins Archiv, die Ablage zu legen ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ad acta |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [at ˈakta] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ad acta” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ad acta is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at ˈakta]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "„zu den Akten“ als Vermerk auf einem Schriftstück, wenn es nicht bearbeitet wird (werden muss) oder ins Archiv, die Ablage zu legen ist".
ad acta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ad acta, spelled A-D- -A-C-T-A.
Definition
- 1„zu den Akten“ als Vermerk auf einem Schriftstück, wenn es nicht bearbeitet wird (werden muss) oder ins Archiv, die Ablage zu legen ist
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ad acta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-D- -A-C-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [at ˈakta] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.