auskennenvsauskenntTell them apart

Which to use

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

#25,051
“auskennen” frequency rank
#19,827
“auskennt” frequency rank
44878
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature auskennen auskennt
Definition etwas gut kennen; Bescheid wissen, mit etwas umgehen können 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auskennen

Where the eye mixes auskennen and auskennt

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

9 ch
auskennen
8 ch
auskennt

Look-alike desk: auskennen vs auskennt

A purely visual mix-up. auskennen ([ˈaʊ̯sˌkɛnən]) and auskennt ([ˈaʊ̯sˌkɛnt]) 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 44878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

auskennen is recorded at frequency rank #25,051, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɛnən]. auskennt is at rank #19,827, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɛnt].

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 44878, this pair ranks #1,371,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of auskennen vs auskennt

Shared letters: aeknsu. Private to "auskennen": -. Private to "auskennt": t.

"auskennen" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC  ·  "auskennt" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • auskennenasukennen · auksennen · auseknnen · auskenen · auskenenn · auskennenn · auskennne · auskkennen
  • auskenntasukennt · auksennt · auseknnt · auskenntt · auskent · auskentn · auskkennt · ausknent

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "auskennen" for "auskennt" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sˌkɛnən] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɛnt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "auskennen" or "auskennt" show up more?
"auskennt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,827 in our German list, against #25,051 for "auskennen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "auskennen" and "auskennt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "auskennen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "auskennt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,371,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "auskennen" and "auskennt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auskennen vs aussenden". 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 #1,371,726 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