Which to use
“Ausnahmen” is a noun and “auswählen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,492
- “Ausnahmen” frequency rank
- #10,615
- “auswählen” frequency rank
- 15107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Ausnahmen | auswählen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ausnahme | sich für eine von mehreren Möglichkeiten entscheiden |
Where the eye mixes Ausnahmen and auswählen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Ausnahmen and auswählen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Ausnahmen vs auswählen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Ausnahmen is [ˈaʊ̯sˌnaːmən] while auswählen is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛːlən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Ausnahmen is recorded at frequency rank #4,492, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌnaːmən]. auswählen is at rank #10,615, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛːlən].
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 15107, this pair ranks #1,946,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Ausnahmen vs auswählen
Shared letters: aehnsu. Private to "Ausnahmen": m. Private to "auswählen": lwä.
"Ausnahmen" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC · "auswählen" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Ausnahmen ← asunahmen · aunsahmen · ausanhmen · ausnahemn · ausnahhmen · ausnahmenn · ausnahmmen · ausnahmne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Ausnahmen" and "auswählen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Ausnahmen" or "auswählen"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Ausnahmen" and "auswählen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Ausnahmen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auswählen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,946,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Ausnahmen" and "auswählen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auswählen vs auswählt". 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 #1,946,338 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.