aufgeführtevsausgeführtTell them apart

Quick tell: aufgeführte is a adjective, ausgeführt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aufgeführte” is an adjective and “ausgeführt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,350
“aufgeführte” frequency rank
#3,868
“ausgeführt” frequency rank
46218
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aufgeführte ausgeführt
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs aufgeführt Partizip Perfekt des Verbs ausführen

Where the eye mixes aufgeführte and ausgeführt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. aufgeführte runs 11 letters (VVCCVCVCCCV) against ausgeführt's 10 (VVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
aufgeführte
10 ch
ausgeführt

Look-alike desk: aufgeführte vs ausgeführt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aufgeführte is [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə] while ausgeführt is [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌfyːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aufgeführte is recorded at frequency rank #42,350, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə]. ausgeführt is at rank #3,868, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌfyːɐ̯t].

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 46218, this pair ranks #1,326,576 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aufgeführte vs ausgeführt

Shared letters: aefghrtuü. Private to "aufgeführte": -. Private to "ausgeführt": s.

"aufgeführte" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCCV  ·  "ausgeführt" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aufgeführte" and "ausgeführt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aufgeführte" is an adjective and "ausgeführt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aufgeführte" vs "ausgeführt" - which ranks higher?
"ausgeführt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,868 in our German list, against #42,350 for "aufgeführte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "aufgeführte" and "ausgeführt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aufgeführte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ausgeführt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,326,576 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aufgeführte" and "ausgeführt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angeführte vs aufgeführte". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,326,576 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