absiehtvsaussiehtWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“absieht” and “aussieht” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,771
“absieht” frequency rank
#2,286
“aussieht” frequency rank
39057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature absieht aussieht
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs absehen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs aussehen

Where the eye mixes absieht and aussieht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
absieht
8 ch
aussieht

Visual trap between absieht and aussieht

A purely visual mix-up. absieht ([ˈapˌziːt]) and aussieht ([ˈaʊ̯sˌziːt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

absieht is recorded at frequency rank #36,771, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈapˌziːt]. aussieht is at rank #2,286, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌziːt].

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 39057, this pair ranks #1,547,270 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of absieht vs aussieht

Shared letters: aehist. Private to "absieht": b. Private to "aussieht": u.

"absieht" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC  ·  "aussieht" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • absiehtabbsieht · abiseht · abseiht · absiehht · absiehtt · absieth · absihet · abssieht
  • aussiehtasusieht · ausieht · ausiseht · ausseiht · aussiehht · aussiehtt · aussieth · aussihet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "absieht" for "aussieht" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈapˌziːt] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌziːt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "absieht" or "aussieht" show up more?
"aussieht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,286 in our German list, against #36,771 for "absieht". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "absieht" and "aussieht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "absieht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aussieht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,547,270 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "absieht" and "aussieht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "absieht vs auszieht". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,547,270 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list