Which to use
“aus” is a preposition and “aut” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32
- “aus” frequency rank
- #20,843
- “aut” frequency rank
- 20875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aus | aut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | von drinnen nach draußen | einen Unterschied anzeigend; oder |
Letter map: aus vs aut
Shared letters muted; letters that set aus and aut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for aus / aut
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aus is apreposition and autaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “aus” becomes t in “aut”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aus is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as aprep, pronounced [aʊ̯s]. aut is at rank #20,843, tagged as aconj.
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 20875, this pair ranks #1,892,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aus vs aut
Shared letters: au. Private to "aus": s. Private to "aut": t.
"aus" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "aut" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aus" and "aut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "aus" or "aut"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "aus" and "aut". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "aus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,892,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aus" and "aut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AUD vs aut". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,892,745 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.