augustavsAugusteConfusable pair

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

#28,531
“augusta” frequency rank
#25,898
“Auguste” frequency rank
54429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature augusta Auguste
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs august Nominativ Plural des Substantivs August

Where the eye mixes augusta and Auguste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
augusta
7 ch
Auguste

Visual trap between augusta and Auguste

A purely visual mix-up. augusta ([ˈau̯ɡusta]) and Auguste ([aʊ̯ˈɡʊstə]) 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 - a in “augusta” becomes e in “Auguste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

augusta is recorded at frequency rank #28,531, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈau̯ɡusta]. Auguste is at rank #25,898, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aʊ̯ˈɡʊstə].

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 54429, this pair ranks #1,019,247 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of augusta vs Auguste

Shared letters: agstu. Private to "augusta": -. Private to "Auguste": e.

"augusta" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV  ·  "Auguste" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • augustaaguusta · auggusta · augsuta · augusat · augussta · augustta · augutsa · auugsta
  • Augusteaguuste · augguste · augsute · auguset · augusste · augustte · augutse · auugste

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "augusta" and "Auguste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈau̯ɡusta] versus [aʊ̯ˈɡʊstə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "augusta" or "Auguste"?
"Auguste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,898 in our German list, against #28,531 for "augusta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "augusta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Auguste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,019,247 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "augusta" and "Auguste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Auguste vs ausübte". 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 #1,019,247 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