Aktivist
[aktiˈvɪst]
The verdict
“Aktivist” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,494
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - engagierte, zielbewusst häufig gesellschaftlich oder politisch handelnde Person
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 | Aktivist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aktiˈvɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aktivist” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Aktivist (IPA [aktiˈvɪst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,494 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aktivist, with forms such as "akitvist", "akktivist", and "aktiivst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Aktivität", "Aktivisten", "Aktivistin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Aktivist, spelled A-K-T-I-V-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1engagierte, zielbewusst häufig gesellschaftlich oder politisch handelnde Person
- 2staatliche Auszeichnung, Kurzform für Aktivist der sozialistischen Arbeit, werktätige Person in der DDR, die Leistungen erbracht hat, die über die Normen und Vorgaben hinausgingen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akitvist
- akktivist
- aktiivst
- aktivisst
- aktivistt
- aktivits
- aktivsit
- aktivvist
- akttivist
- aktviist
- atkivist
- kativist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aktivist - 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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Using “Aktivist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-K-T-I-V-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aktiˈvɪst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Aktivität” - see the side-by-side comparison. Aktivist vs Aktivität
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.