asovsaussTell them apart

Quick tell: aso is a adjective, auss is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aso” is an adjective and “auss” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,363
“aso” frequency rank
#42,360
“auss” frequency rank
79723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aso auss
Definition Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv bestimmt des Adjektivs ass Ohr

Letter map: aso vs auss

Shared letters muted; letters that set aso and auss apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. aso runs 3 letters (VCV) against auss's 4 (VVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
aso
4 ch
auss

Grammar separator: aso vs auss

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aso is anadjective and aussanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aso is recorded at frequency rank #37,363, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. auss is at rank #42,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aws].

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 79723, this pair ranks #210,454 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aso vs auss

Shared letters: as. Private to "aso": o. Private to "auss": u.

"aso" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "auss" · 4 letters · shape VVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • auss ← auß · uass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aso" and "auss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aso" is an adjective and "auss" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "aso" or "auss" show up more?
"aso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,363 in our German list, against #42,360 for "auss". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "aso" vs "auss" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "auss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,454 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aso" and "auss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AUD vs auss". 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 #210,454 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