Which to use
“arms” is a noun and “aus” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,891
- “arms” frequency rank
- #32
- “aus” frequency rank
- 25923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arms | aus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs arm | von drinnen nach draußen |
Letter map: arms vs aus
Shared letters muted; letters that set arms and aus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - arms and aus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arms is anoun and ausapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arms is recorded at frequency rank #25,891, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. aus is at rank #32, tagged as aprep, pronounced [aʊ̯s].
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 25923, this pair ranks #1,825,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arms vs aus
Shared letters: as. Private to "arms": mr. Private to "aus": u.
"arms" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "aus" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arms ← armms · armss · arrms · arsm · rams
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arms" and "aus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "arms" vs "aus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "arms" and "aus".
- Full dictionary entry for "arms" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arms" and "aus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arms 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 #1,825,932 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.