AuswertungenvsAuswirkungenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,931
“Auswertungen” frequency rank
#2,533
“Auswirkungen” frequency rank
33464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Auswertungen Auswirkungen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Auswertung Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Auswirkung

Where the eye mixes Auswertungen and Auswirkungen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Auswertungen and Auswirkungen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
Auswertungen
12 ch
Auswirkungen

Visual trap between Auswertungen and Auswirkungen

A purely visual mix-up. Auswertungen ([ˈaʊ̯sveːɐ̯tʊŋən]) and Auswirkungen ([ˈaʊ̯svɪʁkʊŋən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Auswertungen is recorded at frequency rank #30,931, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sveːɐ̯tʊŋən]. Auswirkungen is at rank #2,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯svɪʁkʊŋən].

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 33464, this pair ranks #1,685,454 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Auswertungen vs Auswirkungen

Shared letters: aegnrsuw. Private to "Auswertungen": t. Private to "Auswirkungen": ik.

"Auswertungen" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCCVC  ·  "Auswirkungen" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Auswertungen ← asuwertungen · ausewrtungen · ausswertungen · auswerrtungen · auswertnugen · auswerttungen · auswertugnen · auswertunegn
  • Auswirkungen ← asuwirkungen · ausiwrkungen · ausswirkungen · auswikrungen · auswirkkungen · auswirknugen · auswirkugnen · auswirkunegn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Auswertungen" and "Auswirkungen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sveːɐ̯tʊŋən] versus [ˈaʊ̯svɪʁkʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Auswertungen" or "Auswirkungen"?
"Auswirkungen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,533 in our German list, against #30,931 for "Auswertungen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Auswertungen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Auswirkungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,685,454 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Auswertungen" and "Auswirkungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Auswertung vs Auswertungen". 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 #1,685,454 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