# AU vs Aust

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### AU
*noun · frequency rank #6,867*
Initialism of alopecia universalis.

### Aust
*name · frequency rank #31,864*
A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary (OS grid ref ST5789).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/au-vs-aust