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

#27,185
“anger” frequency rank
#23,839
“Auges” frequency rank
51024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anger Auges
Definition Ärger Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Auge

Where the eye mixes anger and Auges

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
anger
5 ch
Auges

Visual trap between anger and Auges

A purely visual mix-up. anger ([ˈæŋɡə]) and Auges ([ˈaʊ̯ɡəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anger is recorded at frequency rank #27,185, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈæŋɡə]. Auges is at rank #23,839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ɡəs].

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 51024, this pair ranks #1,151,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of anger vs Auges

Shared letters: aeg. Private to "anger": nr. Private to "Auges": su.

"anger" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Auges" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angeragner · anegr · angerr · angger · angre · annger
  • Augesagues · auegs · augess · augges · augse · uages

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anger" and "Auges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈæŋɡə] versus [ˈaʊ̯ɡəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "anger" vs "Auges" - which ranks higher?
"Auges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,839 in our German list, against #27,185 for "anger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Auges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,151,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anger" and "Auges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anger vs angle". 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 #1,151,403 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