aktiv
[akˈtiːf]
The verdict
“aktiv” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,100
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer bestimmten Hinsicht tätig, engagiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-aktiv · aktiv · German
aktiv · rank #1,100 · 7 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,100
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH verstanden
Nearest frequency peer: verstanden (-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 „aktiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verdient
verdient
98,904 corpus weight
- Verhalten
Verhalten
98,903 corpus weight
- verstanden
verstanden
98,902 corpus weight
- aktiv
aktiv
98,901 corpus weight
- Besuch
Besuch
98,900 corpus weight
- Bildung
Bildung
98,899 corpus weight
What this shows „aktiv“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aktiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [akˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „aktiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around aktiv (IPA [akˈtiːf]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,100 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for aktiv, with forms such as "akitv", "akktiv", and "aktivv". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "artig", "antik", "aktive", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aktiv, spelled A-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1in einer bestimmten Hinsicht tätig, engagiert
- 2radioaktive Strahlen aussendend
- 3als Mitglied engagiert beteiligt
- 4in Betrieb befindlich
- 5im Aktiv befindlich (= Konjugationsformen des Verbs)
- 6vergleiche [4], aktiv genutzt, auf der aktiven Seite der Bestandskonten (zum Beispiel PKW oder Büromöbel)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aktiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist sehr aktiv, was seine Hobbys betrifft.
„Wir haben bei der Veranstaltung in Brüssel klar gesagt, dass die EU in diesem Bereich [der Presse- und Meinungsfreiheit] stärker aktiv werden muss, gerade in den Ländern, die den Beitritt anstreben.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akitv
- akktiv
- aktivv
- akttiv
- aktvi
- atkiv
- kativ
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aktiv - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aktiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).