ausmachtvsAussichtConfusable pair

Quick tell: ausmacht is a verb, Aussicht is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ausmacht” is a verb and “Aussicht” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,437
“ausmacht” frequency rank
#3,425
“Aussicht” frequency rank
10862
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ausmacht Aussicht
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausmachen ein Blick oder auch Rundblick von einem bestimmten Punkt aus

Where the eye mixes ausmacht and Aussicht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ausmacht and Aussicht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
ausmacht
8 ch
Aussicht

Why the eye confuses ausmacht with Aussicht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ausmacht is [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxt] while Aussicht is [ˈaʊ̯sˌz̥ɪçt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ausmacht is recorded at frequency rank #7,437, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxt]. Aussicht is at rank #3,425, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌz̥ɪçt].

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 10862, this pair ranks #1,972,947 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ausmacht vs Aussicht

Shared letters: achstu. Private to "ausmacht": m. Private to "Aussicht": i.

"ausmacht" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCC  ·  "Aussicht" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ausmacht ← asumacht · aumsacht · ausamcht · ausmaccht · ausmachht · ausmachtt · ausmacth · ausmahct
  • Aussicht ← asusicht · ausicht · ausischt · aussciht · aussiccht · aussichht · aussichtt · aussicth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ausmacht" and "Aussicht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ausmacht" is a verb and "Aussicht" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ausmacht" or "Aussicht" show up more?
"Aussicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,425 in our German list, against #7,437 for "ausmacht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ausmacht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aussicht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,972,947 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ausmacht" and "Aussicht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aussicht vs auszieht". 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 #1,972,947 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