aktive

/[akˈtiːvə]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,500

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

aktive is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv Pronounced [akˈtiːvə]. It ranks #3,500 in German word frequency. Often confused with Antike and Aktiven.

Key facts for aktive
PropertyValue
Headwordaktive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[akˈtiːvə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,500
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for aktive is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akˈtiːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,500 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for aktive, with forms such as "akitve", "akktive", and "aktiev". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Antike", "Aktiven", "aktiver", 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 aktive, spelled A-K-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: akitve,akktive,aktiev,aktivve,akttive,aktvie,atkive,kative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aktive

Misspelling Variants of "aktive"

akitve6akktive7aktiev6aktivve7akttive7aktvie6atkive6kative6
Misspelling Variants of "aktive"

Frequency rank: #3,500 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aktive"?
"aktive" is spelled A-K-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [akˈtiːvə].
What does "aktive" mean?
As an adj, "aktive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs aktiv
What words are commonly confused with "aktive"?
"aktive" is commonly confused with "Antike", "Aktiven", "aktiver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aktive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aktive" is [akˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aktive" come from?
"aktive" 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.