aufzustellenvsauszustellenWhat's the difference?

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

#11,812
“aufzustellen” frequency rank
#30,932
“auszustellen” frequency rank
42744
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aufzustellen auszustellen
Definition erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs aufstellen erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs ausstellen

Where the eye mixes aufzustellen and auszustellen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. aufzustellen and auszustellen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
aufzustellen
12 ch
auszustellen

Look-alike desk: aufzustellen vs auszustellen

A purely visual mix-up. aufzustellen ([ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌʃtɛlən]) and auszustellen ([ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌʃtɛlən]) 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 a single letter - f in “aufzustellen” becomes s in “auszustellen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aufzustellen is recorded at frequency rank #11,812, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌʃtɛlən]. auszustellen is at rank #30,932, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌʃtɛlən].

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 42744, this pair ranks #1,439,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aufzustellen vs auszustellen

Shared letters: aelnstuz. Private to "aufzustellen": f. Private to "auszustellen": -.

"aufzustellen" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCCVC  ·  "auszustellen" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aufzustellen ← afuzustellen · auffzustellen · aufuzstellen · aufzsutellen · aufzusetllen · aufzusstellen · aufzusteleln · aufzustelen
  • auszustellen ← asuzustellen · ausszustellen · ausuzstellen · auszsutellen · auszusetllen · auszusstellen · auszusteleln · auszustelen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aufzustellen" and "auszustellen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌʃtɛlən] versus [ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌʃtɛlən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "aufzustellen" or "auszustellen" show up more?
"aufzustellen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,812 in our German list, against #30,932 for "auszustellen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aufzustellen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "auszustellen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,439,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aufzustellen" and "auszustellen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auszusteigen vs auszustellen". 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 #1,439,849 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