Which to use
“at” is a preposition and “Aust” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21
- “at” frequency rank
- #31,864
- “Aust” frequency rank
- 31885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | at | Aust |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place). | A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary (OS grid ref ST5789). |
Letter map: at vs Aust
Shared letters muted; letters that set at and Aust apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for at / Aust
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: at is apreposition and Austaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
at is recorded at frequency rank #21, classified as aprep, pronounced /æt/. Aust is at rank #31,864, tagged as aname.
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 31885, this pair ranks #342,424 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of at vs Aust
Shared letters: at. Private to "at": -. Private to "Aust": su.
"at" · 2 letters · shape VC · "Aust" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Aust ← asut · ausst · austt · auts · uast
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "at" and "Aust" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "at" vs "Aust" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "at" vs "Aust" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "at" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Aust" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,424 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "at" and "Aust" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Asta vs Aust". 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 #342,424 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.