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

#36,198
“ausgehende” frequency rank
#20,512
“aussehende” frequency rank
56710
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ausgehende aussehende
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausgehend Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs aussehend

Where the eye mixes ausgehende and aussehende

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. ausgehende and aussehende follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
ausgehende
10 ch
aussehende

Look-alike desk: ausgehende vs aussehende

A purely visual mix-up. ausgehende ([ˈaʊ̯sˌɡeːəndə]) and aussehende ([ˈaʊ̯sˌz̥eːəndə]) 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 - g in “ausgehende” becomes s in “aussehende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ausgehende is recorded at frequency rank #36,198, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌɡeːəndə]. aussehende is at rank #20,512, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌz̥eːəndə].

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 56710, this pair ranks #929,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ausgehende vs aussehende

Shared letters: adehnsu. Private to "ausgehende": g. Private to "aussehende": -.

"ausgehende" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCV  ·  "aussehende" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ausgehendeasugehende · augsehende · auseghende · ausgeehnde · ausgehedne · ausgehendde · ausgehened · ausgehennde
  • aussehendeasusehende · ausehende · auseshende · ausseehnde · aussehedne · aussehendde · aussehened · aussehennde

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ausgehende" and "aussehende" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sˌɡeːəndə] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌz̥eːəndə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "ausgehende" or "aussehende" show up more?
"aussehende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,512 in our German list, against #36,198 for "ausgehende". 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 "ausgehende" and "aussehende" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ausgehende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aussehende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #929,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ausgehende" and "aussehende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ausgehende vs aussehender". 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 #929,626 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