aulavsbyWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,814
“aula” frequency rank
#1,627
“by” frequency rank
19441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aula by
Definition das Klassenzimmer Stadt

Letter map: aula vs by

Shared letters muted; letters that set aula and by apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
aula
2 ch
by

Spelling & dictionary notes on aula vs by

aula and by 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aula is recorded at frequency rank #17,814, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. by is at rank #1,627, 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 19441, this pair ranks #1,908,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aula vs by

Shared letters: none. Private to "aula": alu. Private to "by": by.

"aula" · 4 letters · shape VVCV  ·  "by" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aulaalua · aual · aulla · uala

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aula" and "by" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 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: "aula" vs "by" - which ranks higher?
"by" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,627 in our German list, against #17,814 for "aula". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "aula" and "by". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aula" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "by" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,908,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aula" and "by" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aula 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 #1,908,293 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