Which to use
“august” is an adjective and “Aust” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #822
- “august” frequency rank
- #31,864
- “Aust” frequency rank
- 32686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | august | Aust |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable. | A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary (OS grid ref ST5789). |
Letter map: august vs Aust
Shared letters muted; letters that set august and Aust apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: august vs Aust
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: august is anadjective and Austaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
august is recorded at frequency rank #822, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɔːˈɡʌst/. 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 32686, this pair ranks #335,753 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of august vs Aust
Shared letters: astu. Private to "august": g. Private to "Aust": -.
"august" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC · "Aust" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "august" vs "Aust" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "august" and "Aust". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "august" 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 #335,753 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "august" 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 #335,753 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.