at

[ɑt]

/[ɑt]/ noun

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The verdict

“at” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,799) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,799
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großer Einhufer; Pferd

Corpus desk

Index DE-at · at · German

at · rank #1,799 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,799
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH überzeugt

Nearest frequency peer: überzeugt (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „at“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „at“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

at vs AZ
0% similar
at vs AV
0% similar
at vs AW
0% similar

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

Key facts for at
PropertyValue
Headwordat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɑt]
Letters2
Frequency rank#1,799
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „at“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).atliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „überzeugt“ (#1,798), „Bahnhof“ (#1,800), „Wunder“ (#1,797). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „at“ bei #1,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for at is neighbouring look-alikes ("AZ", "AV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ɑt]. Frequency #1,799 among 6,976 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for at in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AZ", "AV", "AW", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is at, spelled A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    großer Einhufer; Pferd
  2. 2
    Spielfigur im Schach; Springer

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 "at"?
"at" is spelled A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɑt].
What does "at" mean?
As a noun, "at" means: großer Einhufer; Pferd
What words are commonly confused with "at"?
"at" is commonly confused with "AZ", "AV", "AW". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "at"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "at" is [ɑt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "at" come from?
"at" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list