aresvsAueWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ares is a verb, Aue is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ares” is a verb and “Aue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
#12,230
“Aue” frequency rank
53882
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ares Aue
Definition 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare flaches, feuchtes, am Wasser gelegenes Gelände, oft mit Büschen und einzelnen Bäumen bestandene Wiesen

Letter map: ares vs Aue

Shared letters muted; letters that set ares and Aue apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
ares
3 ch
Aue

Role in the sentence - ares and Aue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ares is averb and Aueanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ares is recorded at frequency rank #41,652, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Aue is at rank #12,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ə].

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 53882, this pair ranks #1,040,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ares vs Aue

Shared letters: ae. Private to "ares": rs. Private to "Aue": u.

"ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Aue" · 3 letters · shape VVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aresaers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ares" for "Aue" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ares" is a verb and "Aue" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ares" vs "Aue" - which ranks higher?
"Aue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,230 in our German list, against #41,652 for "ares". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ares" and "Aue".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,040,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ares" and "Aue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ares vs puzzles". 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 #1,040,675 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