Akku

/[ˈaku]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,338

in German word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Akku is aGermannoun. It means: Akkumulator; eine wiederaufladbare Batterie Pronounced [ˈaku]. It ranks #5,338 in German word frequency. Often confused with AKW and AOK.

Key facts for Akku
PropertyValue
HeadwordAkku
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaku]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,338
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Akku is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaku]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,338 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Akkumulator; eine wiederaufladbare Batterie".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for Akku, with forms such as "aku", "akuk", and "kaku". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "AKW", "AOK", "Alu", 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 Akku, spelled A-K-K-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Akkumulator; eine wiederaufladbare Batterie

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aku,akuk,kaku

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Akku

Misspelling Variants of "Akku"

aku3akuk4kaku4
Misspelling Variants of "Akku"

Frequency rank: #5,338 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Akku"?
"Akku" is spelled A-K-K-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaku].
What does "Akku" mean?
As a noun, "Akku" means: Akkumulator; eine wiederaufladbare Batterie
What words are commonly confused with "Akku"?
"Akku" is commonly confused with "AKW", "AOK", "Alu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Akku"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Akku" is [ˈaku]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Akku" come from?
"Akku" 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.