ako

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The verdict

“ako” is uncommon German (frequency #87,369 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,369
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ako · ako · German

ako · rank #87,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,369
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ahrtal

Nearest frequency peer: Ahrtal (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ako“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ako“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ako
PropertyValue
Headwordako
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#87,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ako“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).akofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ahrtal“ (#87,368), „alabaster“ (#87,371), „Agen“ (#87,366). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ako“ bei #87,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ako is uncommon German at frequency #87,369 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for ako in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ako, spelled A-K-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    wie
  2. 2
    leitet einen Ausruf ein; wie
  3. 3
    auf welche Weise, wie

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ako je tu krásne!

Synonyms

akože

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 "ako"?
"ako" is spelled A-K-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "ako" mean?
As an adverb, "ako" means: wie
How do you pronounce "ako"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ako" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ako" come from?
"ako" 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 "ako", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ath#87,414Atl#87,415zue#87,315AUR#87,426

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list