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

#2,049
“Auftritt” frequency rank
#38,599
“Auftritts” frequency rank
40648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Auftritt Auftritts
Definition bestimmte Konstellation des Personals auf der Bühne; bei Personen- oder Szenewechsel beginnt ein neuer Auftritt Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Auftritt

Where the eye mixes Auftritt and Auftritts

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Auftritt runs 8 letters (VVCCCVCC) against Auftritts's 9 (VVCCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Auftritt
9 ch
Auftritts

Look-alike desk: Auftritt vs Auftritts

A purely visual mix-up. Auftritt ([ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪt]) and Auftritts ([ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪt͡s]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Auftritt” sits inside “Auftritts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Auftritt is recorded at frequency rank #2,049, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪt]. Auftritts is at rank #38,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪt͡s].

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 40648, this pair ranks #1,502,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Auftritt vs Auftritts

Shared letters: afirtu. Private to "Auftritt": -. Private to "Auftritts": s.

"Auftritt" · 8 letters · shape VVCCCVCC  ·  "Auftritts" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Auftritt ← afutritt · aufftritt · aufrtitt · auftirtt · auftrit · auftrritt · auftrtit · aufttritt
  • Auftritts ← afutritts · aufftritts · aufrtitts · auftirtts · auftrits · auftritst · auftrittss · auftrritts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Auftritt" for "Auftritts" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪt] versus [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪt͡s]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Auftritt" or "Auftritts"?
"Auftritt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,049 in our German list, against #38,599 for "Auftritts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Auftritt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Auftritts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,502,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Auftritt" and "Auftritts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Auftritten vs Auftritts". 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 #1,502,398 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