auss vs AUX, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“auss” is a noun and “AUX” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,360
“auss” frequency rank: #18,814
“AUX” frequency rank: 61174
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	auss	AUX
Definition	Ohr	Kürzel für einen zusätzlichen Eingang zur freien Verwendung (bei Geräten wie zum Beispiel Verstärkern)

Letter map: auss vs AUX

Shared letters muted; letters that set auss and AUX apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

auss

3 ch

AUX

Role in the sentence - auss and AUX

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: auss is anoun and AUXanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

auss is recorded at frequency rank #42,360, classified as anoun, pronounced [aws]. AUX is at rank #18,814, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 61174, this pair ranks #759,589 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of auss vs AUX

Shared letters: au. Private to "auss": s. Private to "AUX": x.

"auss" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "AUX" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

auss ← auß · uass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "auss" and "AUX" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "auss" is a noun and "AUX" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "auss" vs "AUX" - which ranks higher?

"AUX" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,814 in our German list, against #42,360 for "auss". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "auss" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "AUX" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #759,589 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"auss" and "AUX" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AUD vs auss". 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 #759,589 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.