AK

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The verdict

“AK” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,144) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,144
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ak · AK · German

AK · rank #7,144 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,144
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH analysiert

Nearest frequency peer: analysiert (+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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „AK“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „AK“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

AK vs an
0% similar
AK vs am
0% similar
AK vs at
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for AK
PropertyValue
HeadwordAK
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters2
Frequency rank#7,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „AK“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).AKliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „analysiert“ (#7,145), „üblicherweise“ (#7,142), „anonym“ (#7,146). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „AK“ bei #7,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for AK is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #7,144 among 6,976 “A” headwords. 27 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

AK doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "at", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is AK, spelled A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abendkasse
  2. 2
    Absorptionskoeffizient
  3. 3
    Aktienkapital
  4. 4
    Alaska
  5. 5
    Altenkirchen
  6. 6
    Altkatholiken/Alt-Katholiken
  7. 7
    altkatholisch/alt-katholisch
  8. 8
    Amtskasse
  9. 9
    Anforderungsklasse
  10. 10
    Anschaffungskosten
  11. 11
    Ansichtskarte
  12. 12
    Antikörper
  13. 13
    Anwaltskammer
  14. 14
    Apellationskammer
  15. 15
    Arbeiterkammer
  16. 16
    Arbeitskarte
  17. 17
    Arbeitskraft
  18. 18
    Arbeitskreis
  19. 19
    Armeekorps
  20. 20
    Athletikklub
  21. 21
    Aufräumungskosten
  22. 22
    Ausfuhrkontrolle
  23. 23
    äußerste Kraft
  24. 24
    Auszahlungskontrolle
  25. 25
    Autobahnkreuz
  26. 26
    Autokarte
  27. 27
    Autorenkorrektur

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 "AK"?
"AK" is spelled A-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "AK" mean?
As an abbreviation, "AK" means: Abendkasse
What words are commonly confused with "AK"?
"AK" is commonly confused with "an", "am", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "AK"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "AK" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "AK" come from?
"AK" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list