Which to use
“ausweisen” and “ausweiten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,917
- “ausweisen” frequency rank
- #24,626
- “ausweiten” frequency rank
- 41543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ausweisen | ausweiten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | des Landes verweisen | etwas durch Benutzung dehnen und somit dauerhaft weiter machen |
Where the eye mixes ausweisen and ausweiten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. ausweisen and ausweiten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ausweisen and ausweiten
A purely visual mix-up. ausweisen ([ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zn̩]) and ausweiten ([ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “ausweisen” becomes t in “ausweiten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ausweisen is recorded at frequency rank #16,917, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zn̩]. ausweiten is at rank #24,626, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩].
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 41543, this pair ranks #1,476,294 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ausweisen vs ausweiten
Shared letters: aeinsuw. Private to "ausweisen": -. Private to "ausweiten": t.
"ausweisen" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVVCVC · "ausweiten" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ausweisen" and "ausweiten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "ausweisen" or "ausweiten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ausweisen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ausweiten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,476,294 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ausweisen" and "ausweiten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aufwerten vs ausweiten". 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 #1,476,294 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.