antutvsautConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,028
“antut” frequency rank
#20,843
“aut” frequency rank
61871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature antut aut
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs antun einen Unterschied anzeigend; oder

Letter map: antut vs aut

Shared letters muted; letters that set antut and aut apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
antut
3 ch
aut

Role in the sentence - antut and aut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: antut is averb and autaconjunction. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

antut is recorded at frequency rank #41,028, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌtuːt]. 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 61871, this pair ranks #733,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of antut vs aut

Shared letters: atu. Private to "antut": n. Private to "aut": -.

"antut" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "aut" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • antutanntut · anttu · anttut · antutt · anutt · atnut · natut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "antut" and "aut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "antut" is a verb and "aut" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "antut" vs "aut" - which ranks higher?
"aut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,843 in our German list, against #41,028 for "antut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "antut" and "aut". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "antut" 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 #733,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "antut" and "aut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abtun vs antut". 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 #733,586 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