AusführungvsAusführungenTell them apart

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

#4,250
“Ausführung” frequency rank
#6,391
“Ausführungen” frequency rank
10641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ausführung Ausführungen
Definition Umsetzung einer Tat, eines Plans, einer Arbeit Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ausführung

Where the eye mixes Ausführung and Ausführungen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Ausführung runs 10 letters (VVCCVCCVCC) against Ausführungen's 12 (VVCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
Ausführung
12 ch
Ausführungen

Look-alike desk: Ausführung vs Ausführungen

A purely visual mix-up. Ausführung ([ˈaʊ̯sˌfyːʁʊŋ]) and Ausführungen ([ˈaʊ̯sˌfyːʁʊŋən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Ausführung” sits inside “Ausführungen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ausführung is recorded at frequency rank #4,250, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌfyːʁʊŋ]. Ausführungen is at rank #6,391, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌfyːʁʊŋən].

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 10641, this pair ranks #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Ausführung vs Ausführungen

Shared letters: afghnrsuü. Private to "Ausführung": -. Private to "Ausführungen": e.

"Ausführung" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCC  ·  "Ausführungen" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Ausführung" and "Ausführungen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sˌfyːʁʊŋ] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌfyːʁʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Ausführung" vs "Ausführungen" - which ranks higher?
"Ausführung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,250 in our German list, against #6,391 for "Ausführungen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ausführung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ausführungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ausführung" and "Ausführungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Amtsführung vs Ausführung". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,974,086 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