AUDvsaufsTell them apart

Which to use

“AUD” and “aufs” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,485
“AUD” frequency rank
#1,005
“aufs” frequency rank
50490
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AUD aufs
Definition internationaler Währungscode für australische Dollar, die Währung von Australien auf das

Letter map: AUD vs aufs

Shared letters muted; letters that set AUD and aufs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
AUD
4 ch
aufs

Corpus notes: AUD and aufs

AUD and aufs are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AUD is recorded at frequency rank #49,485, classified as anabbrev. aufs is at rank #1,005, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [aʊ̯fs].

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 50490, this pair ranks #1,171,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of AUD vs aufs

Shared letters: au. Private to "AUD": d. Private to "aufs": fs.

"AUD" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "aufs" · 4 letters · shape VVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aufsafus · auffs · aufss · ausf · uafs

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "AUD" and "aufs" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "AUD" or "aufs"?
"aufs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,005 in our German list, against #49,485 for "AUD". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "AUD" and "aufs".

  • Full dictionary entry for "AUD" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aufs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,171,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AUD" and "aufs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ata vs AUD". 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 #1,171,773 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