AusdruckvsAusdrückeTell them apart

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

#2,427
“Ausdruck” frequency rank
#17,815
“Ausdrücke” frequency rank
20242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ausdruck Ausdrücke
Definition ein Wort oder eine Gruppierung von Worten Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ausdruck

Where the eye mixes Ausdruck and Ausdrücke

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Ausdruck runs 8 letters (VVCCCVCC) against Ausdrücke's 9 (VVCCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Ausdruck
9 ch
Ausdrücke

Look-alike desk: Ausdruck vs Ausdrücke

A purely visual mix-up. Ausdruck ([ˈaʊ̯sˌdʁʊk]) and Ausdrücke ([ˈaʊ̯sˌdʁʏkə]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ausdruck is recorded at frequency rank #2,427, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌdʁʊk]. Ausdrücke is at rank #17,815, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌdʁʏkə].

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 20242, this pair ranks #1,899,796 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Ausdruck vs Ausdrücke

Shared letters: acdkrsu. Private to "Ausdruck": -. Private to "Ausdrücke": eü.

"Ausdruck" · 8 letters · shape VVCCCVCC  ·  "Ausdrücke" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ausdruck ← asudruck · audsruck · ausddruck · ausdrcuk · ausdrruck · ausdrucck · ausdruckk · ausdrukc

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Ausdruck" and "Ausdrücke" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sˌdʁʊk] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌdʁʏkə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Ausdruck" or "Ausdrücke" show up more?
"Ausdruck" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,427 in our German list, against #17,815 for "Ausdrücke". 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 "Ausdruck" and "Ausdrücke" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ausdruck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ausdrücke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,899,796 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ausdruck" and "Ausdrücke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ausdrücke vs ausdrückte". 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 #1,899,796 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