ATX

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The verdict

“ATX” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #38,590) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#38,590
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Austrian Traded Index

Corpus desk

Index DE-atx · ATX · German

ATX · rank #38,590 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,590
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH atmosphärische

Nearest frequency peer: atmosphärische (-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 „ATX“

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

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „ATX“ 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).

ATX vs AZ
33% similar
ATX vs AV
33% similar
ATX vs AW
33% similar

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

Key facts for ATX
PropertyValue
HeadwordATX
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#38,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „ATX“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ATXliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „atmosphärische“ (#38,589), „Aufbauten“ (#38,591), „ASB“ (#38,588). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ATX“ bei #38,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ATX is neighbouring look-alikes ("AZ", "AV", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #38,590 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Austrian Traded Index".

No misspelling variants are generated for ATX in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AZ", "AV", "AW", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ATX, spelled A-T-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Austrian Traded Index

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ATX appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Wiener Börse teilte zudem mit, dass sich die Fahrzeuggruppe KTM Industries AG aus dem Prime Market, dem Premiumsegment der Börse, zurückzieht. Sie wird deshalb aus den Indizes ATX Prime und ATX Global Players gestrichen.“
  2. „Der Kursauftrieb der letzten drei Jahre bei den Aktien der Flughafen Wien AG hat diesen Titel zum mittlerweile mit Abstand schwersten im Börseindex ATX gemacht.“

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 "ATX"?
"ATX" is spelled A-T-X. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "ATX" mean?
As an abbreviation, "ATX" means: Austrian Traded Index
What words are commonly confused with "ATX"?
"ATX" 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 "ATX"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ATX" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ATX" come from?
"ATX" 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 "ATX", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ASB#38,588avi#38,617BEG#38,630bra#38,655

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list