aresvsAugesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
#23,839
“Auges” frequency rank
65491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ares Auges
Definition 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Auge

Letter map: ares vs Auges

Shared letters muted; letters that set ares and Auges apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
ares
5 ch
Auges

Part-of-speech tell for ares / Auges

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ares is averb and Augesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ares is recorded at frequency rank #41,652, classified as averb, pronounced […]. 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 65491, this pair ranks #605,109 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ares vs Auges

Shared letters: aes. Private to "ares": r. Private to "Auges": gu.

"ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Auges" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aresaers · aress · arres · arse · raes
  • Augesagues · auegs · augess · augges · augse · uages

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ares" for "Auges" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ares" is a verb and "Auges" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ares" 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 #41,652 for "ares". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ares" and "Auges". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" 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 #605,109 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ares" and "Auges" 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 #605,109 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