AuftrittevsAuftrittenWhich spelling fits?

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

#6,634
“Auftritte” frequency rank
#12,454
“Auftritten” frequency rank
19088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Auftritte Auftritten
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Auftritt Dativ Plural des Substantivs Auftritt

Where the eye mixes Auftritte and Auftritten

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

9 ch
Auftritte
10 ch
Auftritten

Visual trap between Auftritte and Auftritten

A purely visual mix-up. Auftritte ([ˈaʊ̯ftʁɪtə]) and Auftritten ([ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪtn̩]) 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) - “Auftritte” sits inside “Auftritten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Auftritte is recorded at frequency rank #6,634, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ftʁɪtə]. Auftritten is at rank #12,454, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪtn̩].

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 19088, this pair ranks #1,911,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Auftritte vs Auftritten

Shared letters: aefirtu. Private to "Auftritte": -. Private to "Auftritten": n.

"Auftritte" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCCV  ·  "Auftritten" · 10 letters · shape VVCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Auftritte ← afutritte · aufftritte · aufrtitte · auftirtte · auftrite · auftritet · auftrritte · auftrtite
  • Auftritten ← afutritten · aufftritten · aufrtitten · auftirtten · auftriten · auftritetn · auftrittenn · auftrittne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Auftritte" and "Auftritten" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯ftʁɪtə] versus [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁɪtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Auftritte" or "Auftritten"?
"Auftritte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,634 in our German list, against #12,454 for "Auftritten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Auftritte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Auftritten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,911,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Auftritte" and "Auftritten" 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 #1,911,957 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