AugevsaveWhich spelling fits?

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

#1,280
“Auge” frequency rank
#19,141
“ave” frequency rank
20421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Auge ave
Definition Sinnesorgan zum Sehen der Vogel

Letter map: Auge vs ave

Shared letters muted; letters that set Auge and ave apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Auge
3 ch
ave

Corpus notes: Auge and ave

Auge and ave 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 20421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Auge is recorded at frequency rank #1,280, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ɡə]. ave is at rank #19,141, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 20421, this pair ranks #1,897,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Auge vs ave

Shared letters: ae. Private to "Auge": gu. Private to "ave": v.

"Auge" · 4 letters · shape VVCV  ·  "ave" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Augeague · aueg · augge · uage

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Auge" and "ave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "Auge" vs "ave" - which ranks higher?
"Auge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,280 in our German list, against #19,141 for "ave". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Auge" vs "ave" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Auge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,897,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Auge" and "ave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ave vs puzzles". 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 #1,897,868 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