Which to use
“ama” is an unknown and “auf” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,432
- “ama” frequency rank
- #15
- “auf” frequency rank
- 30447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ama | auf |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs amar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs amar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Suchergebnisse in der Interlingua-Wikipedia für „ama“ | an der Oberseite von etwas |
Letter map: ama vs auf
Shared letters muted; letters that set ama and auf apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for ama / auf
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ama is anunknown and aufapreposition. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ama is recorded at frequency rank #30,432, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. auf is at rank #15, tagged as aprep, pronounced [aʊ̯f].
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 30447, this pair ranks #1,747,652 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ama vs auf
Shared letters: a. Private to "ama": m. Private to "auf": fu.
"ama" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "auf" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ama" and "auf" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "ama" or "auf" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "ama" and "auf". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auf" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,747,652 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ama" and "auf" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ama vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,747,652 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.