AfDvsatConfusable pair

Quick tell: AfD is a name, at is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“AfD” is a name and “at” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,181
“AfD” frequency rank
#21
“at” frequency rank
39202
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AfD at
Definition Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party. In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).

Letter map: AfD vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set AfD and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
AfD
2 ch
at

Grammar separator: AfD vs at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AfD is aname and atapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AfD is recorded at frequency rank #39,181, classified as aname. at is at rank #21, tagged as aprep, pronounced /æt/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39202, this pair ranks #278,879 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of AfD vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "AfD": df. Private to "at": t.

"AfD" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "AfD" and "at" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AfD" is a name and "at" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "AfD" vs "at" - which ranks higher?
"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21 in our English list, against #39,181 for "AfD". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "AfD" and "at".

  • Full dictionary entry for "AfD" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #278,879 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AfD" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AfD vs amb". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #278,879 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list