ahntvsautWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ahnt is a verb, aut is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ahnt” is a verb and “aut” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,151
“ahnt” frequency rank
#20,843
“aut” frequency rank
38994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ahnt aut
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ahnen einen Unterschied anzeigend; oder

Letter map: ahnt vs aut

Shared letters muted; letters that set ahnt and aut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ahnt runs 4 letters (VCCC) against aut's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
ahnt
3 ch
aut

Role in the sentence - ahnt and aut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ahnt is averb and autaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ahnt is recorded at frequency rank #18,151, classified as averb, pronounced [aːnt]. aut is at rank #20,843, tagged as aconj.

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 38994, this pair ranks #1,549,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ahnt vs aut

Shared letters: at. Private to "ahnt": hn. Private to "aut": u.

"ahnt" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "aut" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ahnt ← ahhnt · ahnnt · ahntt · ahtn · hant

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ahnt" for "aut" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ahnt" is a verb and "aut" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ahnt" vs "aut" - which ranks higher?
"ahnt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,151 in our German list, against #20,843 for "aut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ahnt" and "aut".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ahnt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,549,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ahnt" and "aut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AUD vs aut". 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 #1,549,061 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