akuter

Name: akuter, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[aˈkuːtɐ]

/[aˈkuːtɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“akuter” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,604
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut

Corpus desk

Index DE-akuter · akuter · German

akuter · rank #22,604 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,604
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH aktualisierte

Nearest frequency peer: aktualisierte (-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.

abzugrenzen

77,400
aktualisier…

77,398
akuter

77,397
akzeptierte

77,396
ale

77,395
Alf

77,394

What this shows „akuter“ 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).

akuter vs Auer

50% similar

akuter vs Alter

50% similar

akuter vs Autor

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for akuter
Property	Value
Headword	akuter
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[aˈkuːtɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#22,604
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „akuter“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).akuterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#22,604

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „aktualisierte“ (#22,603), „akzeptierte“ (#22,605), „ale“ (#22,606). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „akuter“ bei #22,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around akuter (IPA [aˈkuːtɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,604 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for akuter, with forms such as "akkuter", "akuetr", and "akuterr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Auer", "Alter", "Autor", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is akuter, spelled A-K-U-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

akkuter
akuetr
akuterr
akutre
akutter
aukter
kauter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of akuter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "akuter"

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 "akuter"?

"akuter" is spelled A-K-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈkuːtɐ].

What does "akuter" mean?

As an adjective, "akuter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs akut

What words are commonly confused with "akuter"?

"akuter" is commonly confused with "Auer", "Alter", "Autor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "akuter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "akuter" is [aˈkuːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "akuter" come from?

"akuter" 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 "akuter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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